hireling

hire·ling

noun \ˈhī(-ə)r-liŋ\

Definition of HIRELING

: a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives

Examples of HIRELING

1. She's one of the political hirelings who run the candidate's campaign.
2. <demanded to speak to the store's owner and not one of his hirelings>

First Known Use of HIRELING

before 12th century

Related to HIRELING

Synonyms: hand, employee, jobholder, retainer, worker

Antonyms: employer, gaffer [British]

Related Words: assistant, cog, flunky (also flunkey or flunkie), subordinate, underling, yes-man; drudge, gandy dancer, grub, hack, jobber, laborer, navvy [chiefly British], toiler; nine-to-fiver, wage earner, wage slave, wageworker, workingman, workingwoman, workman, workwoman; associate, colleague, coworker; temp, temporary

Near Antonyms: boss, superior, supervisor

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