hireling

English - Turkish

Definition of hireling in English Turkish dictionary

yanaşma

{i} paragöz tip

kiralık

kiralık kimse

{i} para ile tutulmuş adam

{i} ücretli adam

Related Terms

paid worker; hired hand

işçi ücretli; el kiraladı

English - English

Definition of hireling in English English dictionary

someone who does a job purely for money, rather than out of interest in the work itself

it may be truly affirmed that no kind of men love business for itself but those that are learned; for other persons love it for profit, as a hireling that loves the work for the wages;.

an employee who is hired, often to perform unpleasant tasks with little independence

When my poor James was in the smallpox, did I allow any hireling to nurse him?.

{n} a mercenary, prostitue, low wretch

one whose motive and interest in serving another are wholly gainful; a mercenary

a person who works only for money

Serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary

{i} paid worker; hired hand

disapproval If you refer to someone as a hireling, you disapprove of them because they do not care who they work for and they are willing to do illegal or immoral things as long as they are paid. someone who will work for anyone who will pay them - used to show disapproval

One who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp

Related Terms

a hireling

{n} mercenary

hirelings

plural of hireling

Hyphenation

hire·ling

Synonyms

flunky, lackey, mercenary, worker, aide, employee, laborer

Etymology

() From Middle English, from Old English hȳrling (“hireling, employee”), from Proto-Germanic *hūzijō-lingaz (“hireling”), equivalent to hire +‎ -ling. Cognate with Dutch huurling (“hireling, mercenary”).