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    hireling
    /ˈhʌɪəlɪŋ/

    noun

    • 1. a person employed to do menial work: derogatory "the poorly paid hirelings in their shabby clothes"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishHIRELING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    HIRELING definition: 1. someone who has been persuaded by an offer of money to do an unpleasant or unpopular job: 2…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › hirelingHireling Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    : a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives. Synonyms. employee. hand. jobholder. retainer. worker. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of hireling in a Sentence. She's one of the political hirelings who run the candidate's campaign. demanded to speak to the store's owner and not one of his hirelings.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryHIRELING | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    HIRELING meaning: 1. someone who has been persuaded by an offer of money to do an unpleasant or unpopular job: 2…. Learn more.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › hirelingHIRELING Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Hireling definition: a person who works only for pay, especially in a menial or boring job, with little or no concern for the value of the work.. See examples of HIRELING used in a sentence.

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › hirelingHireling - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    A hireling is someone doing a job solely for the money. Hirelings have a bad rap because they don’t do anything out of the goodness of their hearts; they work only for cold hard cash.

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › hirelingHireling - definition of hireling by The Free Dictionary

    Define hireling. hireling synonyms, hireling pronunciation, hireling translation, English dictionary definition of hireling. n. One who works solely for compensation, especially a person willing to perform for a fee tasks considered menial or offensive.

  8. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryHIRELING definition in American English | Collins English ...

    noun. 1. a person who works only for pay, esp. in a menial or boring job, with little or no concern for the value of the work. adjective. 2. serving for pay only. 3. venal; mercenary. SYNONYMS 1. menial, minion, flunky, lackey, retainer. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.

  9. www.yourdictionary.com › hirelingHireling Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    Hireling definition: One who works solely for compensation, especially a person willing to perform for a fee tasks considered menial or offensive.

  10. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishhireling noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of hireling noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  11. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › hirelinghireling | meaning of hireling in Longman Dictionary of...

    hireling meaning, definition, what is hireling: someone who will work for anyone who wil...: Learn more.