Definition of HIRELING

hireling

Plural: hirelings

Noun

  • One who works solely for money.
  • a person who works only for money
  • An employee who is hired, often to perform unpleasant tasks with little independence.
  • Someone who does a job purely for money, rather than out of interest in the work itself.
  • A horse for hire.
  • A prostitute.

Examples

  • He was no mere hireling; he played Words With Friends for the love of the game, not just points.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English hirlyng, from Old English hȳrling (“hireling, employee”), from Proto-West Germanic *hūʀijuling. Cognate with West Frisian hierling, Dutch huurling (“hireling, mercenary”), German Low German Hüürling,
German Heuerling. By surface analysis, hire + -ling.

Scrabble Score: 12

hireling: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
hireling: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hireling: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

hireling: valid Words With Friends Word