-liŋ, -lēŋ noun
( -s )
Usage: often attributive
1. : one who is hired ; especially : one whose motives and interests in serving another are chiefly gainful
was murdered by hirelings in the service of foreign powers — Stoyan Christowe
2. : one whose motives are venal or mercenary
baser hirelings who live by lies on good men's lives — Lord Byron
3. : a horse for hire
went to a neighboring livery stable to look for hirelings — Evelyn Waugh