Definition of Hireling

Hire´ling   Pronunciation: hīr´lĭng
n.1.One who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp., one whose motive and interest in serving another are wholly gainful; a mercenary.
a.1.Serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary.


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adventurer, assistant, condottiere, drudge, employee, free lance, girl Friday, grub, grubber, gun, gunman, hack, hired gun, hired hand, hired killer, hired man, man Friday, mercenary, myrmidon, pensioner, professional killer, right-hand man, slavey, soldier of fortune, worker

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