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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

Dictionary Results for hireling:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

hireling
    n 1: a person who works only for money [syn: hireling,
         pensionary]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

4. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

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).

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