adventurer vs freelance

adventurer

noun
  • A soldier of fortune, a speculator. 

  • A person who tries to advance their social position by somewhat devious means. 

  • A player of adventure games or text adventures. 

  • One who enjoys adventures. 

  • A person who seeks a fortune in new and possibly dangerous enterprises. 

freelance

noun
  • A medieval mercenary. 

  • Someone who sells their services to clients without a long-term employment contract. 

adj
  • Of, or relating to a freelance; without employment contract. 

verb
  • To produce or sell services as a freelance. 

  • To work as a freelance. 

How often have the words adventurer and freelance occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )