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De - Pt| English Dictionary: hireling | by the DICT Development Group |
| 4 results for hireling | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Hireling \Hire"ling\, a. Serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary. [bd]Hireling mourners.[b8] --Dryden. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Hireling \Hire"ling\ (-l[icr]ng), n. [AS. h[ymac]reling. See {Hire}, n., and {-ling}.] One who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp., one whose motive and interest in serving another are wholly gainful; a mercenary. [bd]Lewd hirelings.[b8] --Milton. | |
| From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
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Hireling a labourer employed on hire for a limited time (Job 7:1; 14:6; Mark 1:20). His wages were paid as soon as his work was over (Lev. 19:13). In the time of our Lord a day's wage was a "penny" (q.v.) i.e., a Roman denarius (Matt. 20:1-14). | |
