hirelings

plural of hireling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hirelings
employees
Noun
  • Store employees would celebrate news of Auburn road wins by throwing ticker tape onto power lines.
    Jordy Fee-Platt, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Paying the price for the company’s decisions are the 70 full-time park employees and hundreds of seasonal workers, along with the hundreds of thousands of annual guests who will have one less form of affordable entertainment.
    Shannon Pettypiece, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Hirelings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hirelings. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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