A person employed or holding a post temporarily; a ‘casual’; spec. a secretary or clerical worker supplied by an agency to cover absences or…

A casual workman; a casual visitor, etc. colloquial.

An occasional worker, visitor, etc. Cf. casual, n. 3.

(a) a worker who travels from place to place in search of (temporary) employment; (b) South African spec. a black worker employed within the…

Originally U.S. One who is perpetually changing his place of abode; a vagrant. Also, one who frequently changes his job; a temporary employee.

(a) an academic working at an institution other than the one to which he or she is formally attached; (b) a person with permission to work (usually…

A temporary employee; esp., a temporary secretary (see temporary, n. 4).

a person in temporary or freelance work, esp. an independent contractor engaged on a freelance or on-demand basis for a job that has an uncertain…