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Hireling synonyms

hīr'lĭng

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laborer (related)
One who uses body strength instead of intellectual power to earn a wage, usually hourly.
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worker (related)
A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite or wasp.
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grub
The definition of grub is a stubby worm-shaped larva of some insects, or a slang term for food.
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slave
The definition of a slave is a person who is the property of another and is under the control of the master or a person who is overly influenced by something or someone else.
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thug
A member of a former group in India that murdered and robbed in the service of Kali
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employee
A person who works in the service of another (the employer) subject to a contract for hire, where the employer controls the conditions of work performance. See also agent.
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jobholder
(US) Someone who is employed in a regular job
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hire
The amount paid to get the services of a person or the use of a thing
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hired hand
A person who is employed to perform routine chores and manual labor, especially on a farm or ranch.
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over (related)
(Mil.) A shot that hits or explodes beyond the target
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work (related)
Something that has been produced or accomplished through the effort, activity, or agency of a person or thing:
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pensionary
A pensioner.
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deceiver (related)
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betrayer (related)
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impious (related)
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aide
(Military) An officer who acts as assistant to a more senior one; an aide-de-camp.
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mercenary
Mercenary is defined as a person whose only motivation to work is money.
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minion
A subordinate official, especially a servile one.
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hack
I got by on hack work for years before I finally published my novel.
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Hireling Sentence Examples

  • There was not one hireling there.

  • It was De la Gardie who first made Sweden the obsequious hireling of the foreign power which had the longest purse.

  • A pension he had defined as pay given to a state hireling to betray his country; a pensioner as a slave of state hired by a stipend to obey a master.

  • Another characteristic of the de la Gardie government was its gross corruption, which made Sweden the obsequious hireling of that foreign power which had the longest purse.

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