Freelancer's Office

The word freelancer has been traced to the literary work Ivanhoe, by Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) ((Wikipedia.org knight picture courtesy of Woodsy)), who used the word to describe a “medieval mercenary warrior.”
The Google ‘define:’ search shows Wikipedia describing freelancer as:
“A freelancer or (freelance worker) is a self-employed person working in a profession or trade in [...]