HIRELING

Meaning of HIRELING in English

[noun] [C] - someone who has been persuaded by an offer of money to do an unpleasant or unpopular jobHe's not the boss, he's just a hireling employed to do the dirty work.

Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012

HIRELING — noun Date: before 12th century a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HIRELING — -liŋ, -lēŋ noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive 1. : one who is hired ; especially : one whose …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIRELING — (a.) Serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary.
Английский словарь Webster
HIRELING — (n.) One who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp., one whose motive and interest in serving another are …
Английский словарь Webster
HIRELING — ( n. ) One who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp., one whose motive and interest in serving …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HIRELING — ( a. ) Serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HIRELING — /huyeur"ling/ , n. 1. a person who works only for pay, esp. in a menial or boring job, with little …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HIRELING — n. paid worker; hired hand
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HIRELING — noun Date: before 12th century : a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HIRELING — adj serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary. 2. hireling ·noun one who is hired, or who serves for wages; …
Webster English vocab
HIRELING — ■ noun chiefly derogatory a person employed to undertake menial work, especially on a casual basis.
Concise Oxford English vocab
HIRELING — [hire.ling] n (bef. 12c): a person who serves for hire esp. for purely mercenary motives
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HIRELING — hireling BrE AmE ˈha ɪ ‿ə lɪŋ AmE \ ˈhaɪ‿ ə r- ▷ hireling|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HIRELING — / ˈhaɪəlɪŋ; NAmE ˈhaɪərlɪŋ/ noun ( disapproving ) a person who is willing to do anything or work for anyone …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIRELING — hire ‧ ling /ˈhaɪəlɪŋ $ ˈhaɪr-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] old-fashioned someone who will work for anyone who will pay …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HIRELING — n. usu. derog. a person who works for hire. [OE hyrling (as HIRE, -LING(1))]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HIRELING — n. usu. derog. a person who works for hire. [ OE hyrling (as HIRE, -LING(1)) ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HIRELING — n. usu. derog. a person who works for hire. Etymology: OE hyrling (as HIRE, -LING(1))
Oxford English vocab
HIRELING — ( hirelings) If you refer to someone as a hireling , you disapprove of them because they do not care …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIRELING — (~s) If you refer to someone as a ~, you disapprove of them because they do not care who they …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HIRELING — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Now that new army marched against the scum of Britain and the hirelings of Prussia.
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HIRELING — Synonyms and related words : adventurer, assistant, condottiere, drudge, employee, free lance, girl Friday, grub, grubber, gun, gunman, hack, hired …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HIRELING — n. Function: noun Synonyms: HACK 2, drudge, grub, grubber, mercenary, slavey
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
HIRELING — I . n. 1. Mercenary, hired soldier. 2. Hired servant. II . a. Mercenary, venal.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
HIRELING — noun Synonyms: hack 2, drudge, grub, grubber, mercenary, slavey
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
HIRELING — сущ. 1) наемник, наймит Syn : mercenary 2. 2) наемный экипаж (презрительное) наемник, наймит - the *s of the press …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HIRELING — Наёмник
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
HIRELING — hireling.ogg 1. ʹhaıəlıŋ n 1. презр. наёмник, наймит the hirelings of the press - наёмные писаки he is a hireling …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HIRELING — 1. ʹhaıəlıŋ n 1. презр. наёмник, наймит the hirelings of the press - наёмные писаки he is a hireling at …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HIRELING — сущ. 1) наемник, наймит Syn : mercenary 2. 2) наемный экипаж (презрительное) наемник, наймит - the *s of the press …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HIRELING — n. Pronunciation: ' h ī (- ə )r-li ŋ Function: noun Date: before 12th century : a person who serves …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HIRELING — сущ.1) наемник, наймит Syn:mercenary 2. 2) наемный экипаж
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HIRELING — (n) наемная лошадь; наемник; наемный экипаж; наймит
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
HIRELING — (a) корыстный; наемный; продажный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
HIRELING — 1. [ʹhaıəlıŋ] n 1. презр. наёмник, наймит the ~s of the press - наёмные писаки he is a ~ at …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
HIRELING — n. наемник, наймит, наемная лошадь
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HIRELING — n. наемник, наймит, наемная лошадь
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HIRELING — сущ. 1) наемник, наймит Syn: mercenary 2. 2) наемный экипаж
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HIRELING — сущ. 1) наемник, наймит Syn: mercenary 2. 2) наемный экипаж
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HIRELING — _n. 1> наемник, наймит 2> наемная лошадь
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
HIRELING — n. 1. наемник, наймит 2. наемная лошадь
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
HIRELING — наемник, наймит наемная лошадь
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
HIRELING — _n. 1> наёмник, наймит 2> наёмная лошадь
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
HIRELING — [n.] наёмник, наймит
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
HIRELING — n наёмник, наймит
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
HIRELING — наемная лошадь
English-Russian Online Dictionary
HIRELING — наемник
Англо-Русский словарь

Cambridge English vocab

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