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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) hireling
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.

2. (adj.) hireling
serving for pay only.

3. hireling
venal; mercenary.

Etymology: (bef. 1000)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) hireling, pensionary
a person who works only for money

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Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) hireling
serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary

2. (noun) hireling
one who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp., one whose motive and interest in serving another are wholly gainful; a mercenary

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