hireling

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (derogatory, usually) An employee who is hired, often to perform unpleasant tasks with little independence.
2. (derogatory, usually) Someone who does a job purely for money, rather than out of interest in the work itself.
3. A horse for hire.
4. (obsolete) A prostitute.

Sinonieme

mercenary

menial

journeyman

lackey

agent

employee

flunky

pensionary

underling

hack

staff member

pensioner

servant

soldier of fortune

stipendiary

subordinate

job-holder

wage-earner

worker

laborer

hand

✋

Vertalings

asalariado

mercenário

mercenario

μισθοφόρος

μίσθαρνος

laquais

mercenaire

larbin

mercenario

alquiladiza

ücretli adam

المستأجر

uşak

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈhaɪ.ə.lɪŋ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: hirlyng

Geërf van Old English: hȳrling

Verwante met Fries: hierling

Verwante met Nederlands: huurling

Verwante met Duits: Heuerling

In summary

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.

Sinne

Mosley campaigned aggressively in Ladywood; and accused Chamberlain of being a "landlords' hireling ".