hireling Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person who works only for money
    pensionary.

WordNet

Hire"ling noun
Etymology
AS. hreling. See Hire, n., and -ling.
Definitions
  1. One who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp., one whose motive and interest in serving another are wholly gainful; a mercenary. "Lewd hirelings." Milton.
Hire"ling adjective
Definitions
  1. Serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary. "Hireling mourners." Dryden.

Webster 1913