Did you know where the term “freelancer” comes from?
In medieval times, some mercenary warriors in Europe who were not sworn-in to any lord or king. Warfaring lords could hire these medieval mercenary warriors for their services.
As they freely owned their own weapons (like lances), term “free-lance” was used for them. Early mentions were in Sir Walter Scott novel Ivanhoe, published in 1820: “I offered Richard the service of my Free Lances, and he refused them...”.
With the development of trade and technology, the term freelancer nowadays is used for self-employed “business warriors”. The weapon arsenals of freelancers nowadays consist of computers, tablets, and smartphones.
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This article was published in the Zealancer-News 60.