noun🔗Share(usually derogatory) An employee who is hired, often to perform unpleasant tasks with little independence."The wealthy landowner was rumored to employ hirelings to intimidate his neighbors into selling their properties. "jobbusinesseconomyworkpersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(usually derogatory) Someone who does a job purely for money, rather than out of interest in the work itself."The corrupt CEO surrounded himself with hirelings who would do anything he asked, regardless of ethics, as long as they got paid. "jobbusinesseconomyworkcharacterattitudepersonmoralvalueChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA horse for hire."The farmer needed a strong hireling for his plowing work. "animalvehiclejobChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
