hire· ling ˈhī (-ə)r-liŋ : a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives Synonyms employee employe hand jobholder retainer worker See all Synonyms & Antonyms …

hire•ling (ˈhaɪər lɪŋ) n. 1. a person who works only for pay, esp. in a menial or boring job, with little or no concern for the value of the work. adj. 2. serving for pay only. 3. venal; mercenary. [before 1000] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc.

hireling noun [ C ] UK disapproving uk / ˈhaɪə.lɪŋ / us / ˈhaɪr.lɪŋ / someone who has been persuaded by an offer of money to do an unpleasant or unpopular job: He's not the boss, he's …

hireling (noun) hireling / ˈ hajɚlɪŋ/ noun plural hirelings Britannica Dictionary definition of HIRELING [count] disapproving : a person who is paid for doing a job that is not respected or that is considered morally wrong She's one of the political hirelings who run the candidate's campaign.

hireling noun [ C ] UK disapproving us / ˈhaɪr.lɪŋ / uk / ˈhaɪə.lɪŋ / someone who has been persuaded by an offer of money to do an unpleasant or unpopular job: He's not the boss, he's …

Hireling noun one who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp., one whose motive and interest in serving another are wholly gainful; a mercenary Hireling adjective serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary Etymology: [AS. hreling. See Hire, n., and -ling.] Matched Categories Employee How to pronounce hireling? David US English Zira US English

A hireling isn’t just someone who’s hired to flip burgers, a hireling is more like a mercenary, which is a soldier who fights for whoever’s paying. Hirelings often do jobs that are distasteful, …

Hireling. A laborer employed on hire. But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an HIRELING, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble. ( Isaiah 16:14) Source: A King James Dictionary. (Used with permission. Copyright © Philip P. Kapusta)

hireling in American English (ˈhaiᵊrlɪŋ) noun 1. a person who works only for pay, esp. in a menial or boring job, with little or no concern for the value of the work adjective 2. serving for pay only 3. venal; mercenary SYNONYMS 1. menial, minion, flunky, lackey, retainer. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.

What is a "hireling" (John 10:12)? μισθωτος (misthotos), the original Greek word translated "hireling," means someone who has been hired to provide labor or some other service in return for money or some other materialistic benefit. What does a hireling care about? The money or some other materialistic benefit - his own self-interest.