Hireling

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hireling \Hire"ling\ (h[imac]r"l[i^]ng), n. [AS. h[=y]reling.
     See {Hire}, n., and {-ling}.]
     One who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp., one whose
     motive and interest in serving another are wholly gainful; a
     mercenary. "Lewd hirelings." --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hireling \Hire"ling\, a.
     Serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary. "Hireling
     mourners." --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster] Hire purchase agreement
     Hire purchase

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hireling
       n : a person who works only for money [syn: {pensionary}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "hireling":
     adventurer, assistant, condottiere, drudge, employee, free lance,
     girl Friday, grub, grubber, gun, gunman, hack, hired gun,
     hired hand, hired killer, hired man, man Friday, mercenary,
     myrmidon, pensioner, professional killer, right-hand man, slavey,
     soldier of fortune, worker
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Hireling
     a labourer employed on hire for a limited time (Job 7:1; 14:6;
     Mark 1:20). His wages were paid as soon as his work was over
     (Lev. 19:13). In the time of our Lord a day's wage was a "penny"
     (q.v.) i.e., a Roman denarius (Matt. 20:1-14).