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hireling
English
Etymology
From Middle English hirlyng, from Old English h?rling (“hireling, employee”), from Proto-West Germanic *h??ijuling. Cognate with West Frisian hierling, Dutch huurling (“hireling, mercenary”), German Low German Hüürling,German Heuerling.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?ha?.?.l??/
- (US) IPA(key): /?ha???l??/
Noun
hireling (plural hirelings)
- (usually derogatory) An employee who is hired, often to perform unpleasant tasks with little independence.
- 1611, King James Version, Job 7:1:
- Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
- 1848: William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 19:
- When my poor James was in the smallpox, did I allow any hireling to nurse him?
- 1611, King James Version, Job 7:1:
- (usually derogatory) Someone who does a job purely for money, rather than out of interest in the work itself.
- 1605: Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning
- ... it may be truly affirmed that no kind of men love business for itself but those that are learned; for other persons love it for profit, as a hireling that loves the work for the wages;
- 1821, Lord Byron, Sardanapalus, Act II, sc. 1:
- These vain bickerings
- Are spawn'd in courts by base intrigues and baser
- Hirelings, who live by lies on good men's lives.
- 1605: Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning
- A horse for hire.
- 1934, Evelyn Waugh, A Handful of Dust, Chapter 3, Section 5:
- In the afternoon they went to a neighbouring livery stables to look for hirellings.
- 1934, Evelyn Waugh, A Handful of Dust, Chapter 3, Section 5:
- (obsolete) A prostitute.
Synonyms
- flunky
- lackey
- mercenary
Translations
See also
- underling
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menial
English
Etymology
From Middle English meinial, from Anglo-Norman mesnal, from maisnee (“household”), from Vulgar Latin mansionata, from Latin mansi?nem, accusative singular of mansi? (“house”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: m?'n??l, IPA(key): /?mi?ni.?l/
Adjective
menial (comparative more menial, superlative most menial)
- Of or relating to work normally performed by a servant.
- Of or relating to unskilled work.
- Servile; low; mean.
- a menial wretch
Translations
Noun
menial (plural menials)
- A servant, especially a domestic servant.
- A person who has a subservient nature.
Related terms
- mansion
- maison, maisonette
- menage
Translations
Anagrams
- Elamin, Melian
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