ALL meanings of hireling
hire·ling
H h - noun hireling one who works for money alone 1
- noun hireling A person employed to undertake menial work. 1
- noun hireling a person who works only for pay, especially in a menial or boring job, with little or no concern for the value of the work. 1
- adjective hireling serving for pay only. 1
- adjective hireling venal; mercenary. 1
- noun hireling (usually pejorative) an employee who is hired, often to perform unpleasant tasks with little independence. 0
- noun hireling (usually pejorative) someone who does a job purely for money, rather than out of interest in the work itself. 0
- countable noun hireling 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. 0
- noun hireling a person who works only for money, esp one paid to do something unpleasant 0
- noun hireling a person who is for hire; esp., one who will follow anyone's orders for pay; mercenary 0
- adjective hireling of or like a hireling; mercenary 0