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hireling

hi·re·ling

UK/ˈhaɪ.ə.lɪŋ/ US/ˈhaɪɹˌlɪŋ/ uncommon obsolete

noun

1.

a person who works only for money

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Origin

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.

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