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hireling

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hire⋅ling

  [hahyuhr-ling]
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–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.
Origin:
bef. 1000; late ME hirlyng, OE hȳrling. See hire, -ling 1

Synonyms:
1. menial, minion, flunky, lackey, retainer.
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hire·ling   (hīr'lĭng)   
n.  One who works solely for compensation, especially a person willing to perform for a fee tasks considered menial or offensive.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Hireling

a labourer employed on hire for a limited time (Job 7:1; 14:6; Mark 1:20). His wages were paid as soon as his work was over (Lev. 19:13). In the time of our Lord a day's wage was a "penny" (q.v.) i.e., a Roman denarius (Matt. 20:1-14).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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