Definition of Hireling. Meaning of Hireling. Synonyms of Hireling

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Definition of Hireling

Hireling
Hireling Hire"ling (-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.
Hireling
Hireling Hire"ling, a. Serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary. ``Hireling mourners.' --Dryden.

Meaning of Hireling from wikipedia

- The Hireling is a 1973 British drama film directed by Alan Bridges, based on a 1957 novel of the same title by L. P. Hartley, which starred Robert Shaw...
- Employment is a relationship between two parties regulating the provision of paid labour services. Usually based on a contract, one party, the employer...
- The Hireling Shepherd (1851) is a painting by the Pre-Raphaelite artist William Holman Hunt. It represents a shepherd neglecting his flock in favour of...
- International du Film (now Palme d'Or), the highest honor, with Alan Bridges' The Hireling. Two vagabonds—Max Millan, a short-tempered ex-convict, and Francis Lionel...
- The Hireling is a 1957 novel by the British writer L.P. Hartley. A widowed aristocrat bonds with the ex-soldier who drives his own car in a chauffeur service...
- intensely naturalistic scenes of modern rural and urban life, such as The Hireling Shepherd and The Awakening Conscience. However, it was for his religious...
- active support of slavery. The anthem's third stanza uses the phrase "the hireling and slave", which had been interpreted by several commentators to refer...
- the 2 existing ones. Root: Marauder Hirelings and Hirelings Box was released in 2022. The expansion added the hireling versions of the Marauder Factions...
- related Old English term is esne "labourer, hireling" (from Germanic asniz, cognate with Gothic asneis "hireling", a derivation from asunz "reward", from...
- aggressively in Ladywood, and accused Chamberlain of being a "landlords' hireling". The outraged Chamberlain demanded that Mosley retract the claim "as a...