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hireless, a.|ˈhaɪəlɪs| [f. hire n. + -less.] Without hire or pay, unhired.
1651Davenant Gondibert vi. lxvi, This fam'd Philosopher is Nature's Spie, And hireless gives th' intelligence to Art. 1796Coleridge Sonn. Erskine, An hireless Priest before th' insulted shrine. 1817― Biog. Lit. 81 Preaching by the way in most of the great towns, as an hireless volunteer, in a blue coat and white waistcoat. |