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hireling

[ hahyuhr-ling ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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.
Synonyms: retainer, lackey, flunky, minion, menial

hireling

/ ˈhaɪəlɪŋ /

derogatory.
a person who works only for money, esp one paid to do something unpleasant

First recorded before 1000; late Middle English hirlyng, Old English hȳrling; hire, -ling ¹

Old English hӯrling; related to Dutch huurling; see hire , -ling ¹

And it was only last night that he had seen Goritz's fellow assassin and hireling.

What a difference there is between him who enters on a labor of love and the hireling who works for pay!

She knew by this time that Jotan had nothing to do with her abduction; no hireling of his would dare handle her so roughly.

The Old Baptists had long been declaiming against college-bred preachers and a hireling ministry.

Who ransomed thy sire, my noble steed, from the galling yoke of an hireling?

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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