hireling

(hīr'lĭng)
n.
One who works solely for compensation, especially a person willing to perform for a fee tasks considered menial or offensive.

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noun

One who is employed by another: employee, jobholder, worker. Informal hire, hired hand. See over/under, work/play.

IN BRIEF: A person who works only for wages.

When the work became too tedious, I felt like a hireling because I really did need the paycheck.

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• Employers, Employees, and Business People - hireling: person available for any work; mercenary

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - lejesvend, en der arbejder kun for pengenes skyld

Nederlands (Dutch)
huurling, huursoldaat

Français (French)
n. - laquais

Deutsch (German)
n. - Mietling, Söldling

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μίσθαρνο όργανο, μισθωτός μπράβος, μισθοφόρος, πληρωμένος

Italiano (Italian)
mercenario

Português (Portuguese)
n. - mercenário (m)

Русский (Russian)
наемник, наемный экипаж, продажный

Español (Spanish)
n. - mercenario

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - person som bara arbetar för pengarnas skull, mutbar person, legohjon

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
雇员, 佣兵, 为金钱而工作者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 雇員, 傭兵, 為金錢而工作者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 고용인, 삯 말

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 雇い人, 貸し馬

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المأجور, العميل, المرتزق من يخدم لقاء أجر وبخاصه بدافع من أغراض نفعيه خالصه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שכיר, מוכר שירותיו‬

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