as in employee
one who works for another for wages or a salary
demanded to speak to the store's owner and not one of his hirelings
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Recent Examples of hireling
To pretend otherwise in the year 2024 is all-but to out oneself as a hireling.
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Charles C. W. Cooke,
National Review,
12 Feb. 2024
No refuge could save the hireling and slave.
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Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE.com,
30 June 2021
Neither should some assistant DA hireling be allowed to forgo appropriate punishment under state law.
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Star Tribune,
8 Dec. 2020
Like Sade, Epstein had hirelings to procure his victims.
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Mitchell Abidor,
The New York Review of Books,
12 Feb. 2020
Not since Carson Palmer has one of Mike Brown’s hirelings had the emperor in such a headlock.
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Paul Daugherty,
Cincinnati.com,
2 Jan. 2018
This dangerous idea is being pushed by Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater, a U.S. contracting firm whose private security hirelings famously shot up civilians in Baghdad.
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Trudy Rubin,
Philly.com,
18 Aug. 2017
Charles C. W. Cooke,
National Review,
12 Feb. 2024
No refuge could save the hireling and slave.
—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE.com,
30 June 2021
Neither should some assistant DA hireling be allowed to forgo appropriate punishment under state law.
—
Star Tribune,
8 Dec. 2020
Like Sade, Epstein had hirelings to procure his victims.
—
Mitchell Abidor,
The New York Review of Books,
12 Feb. 2020
Not since Carson Palmer has one of Mike Brown’s hirelings had the emperor in such a headlock.
—
Paul Daugherty,
Cincinnati.com,
2 Jan. 2018
This dangerous idea is being pushed by Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater, a U.S. contracting firm whose private security hirelings famously shot up civilians in Baghdad.
—
Trudy Rubin,
Philly.com,
18 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hireling
Noun
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The report described a council divided by constant arguments, public attacks and disrespect toward city employees.
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Who better to take advice from than airport and airline employees who are familiar with the territory?
Noun
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If a co-worker asks for help, set a clear window so your schedule stays protected.
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One of the options presented must be placing a premium on companies with at least 250 employees, who don’t offer health coverage, to offset the cost to taxpayers for having their workers enrolled in Medi-Cal, according to the deal.
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“Hireling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hireling. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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