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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > hireling (30)
hireling1535

One who serves for hire or wages; a hired servant; a mercenary (soldier). (Now usually somewhat contemptuous: cf. A. 2)

hackney1546

A person who does or is employed to do menial or servile work; a drudge; a lackey. Cf. hack, n.2 4a. Obsolete.

journeyman1548

figurative (chiefly depreciatory): (a) one who is not a ‘master’ of his trade or business; (b) one who drudges for another; a hireling, one hired to…

coolie1622

In India and (later also) China: a hired labourer (esp. one employed by a European); a porter (now esp. in a railway station). Hence also: an Asian…

mercedary1656

A person who receives payment for his or her services; a hireling. Also: the employer of such a person.

hack1699

Originally: a person who may be hired to do any kind of work as required; a drudge, a lackey (cf. hackney, n. 2). In later use: spec. a person who…

hiree1811

One who is hired.

Subcategories:

— hired by the job (4)
— hired by the day (17)
— hired by the week or year (2)
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