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Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave from the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave.
Francis Scott Key

Meaning of "hireling" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HIRELING

Old English hӯrling; related to Dutch huurling.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HIRELING

hireling  [ˈhaɪəlɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HIRELING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hireling is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HIRELING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hireling

Employment

Employment is a relationship between two parties, usually based on a contract, one being the employer and the other being the employee.

Definition of hireling in the English dictionary

The definition of hireling in the dictionary is a person who works only for money, esp one paid to do something unpleasant.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HIRELING


counselling
ˈkaʊnsəlɪŋ
cycling
ˈsaɪk əlɪŋ
dialling
ˈdaɪəlɪŋ
disabling
dɪˈseɪb əlɪŋ
enabling
ɪnˈeɪbəlɪŋ
juggling
ˈdʒʌɡəlɪŋ
labelling
ˈleɪbəlɪŋ
modeling
ˈmɒdəlɪŋ
modelling
ˈmɒdəlɪŋ
remodeling
ˌriːˈmɒdəlɪŋ
shearling
ˈʃɪəlɪŋ
signaling
ˈsɪɡnəlɪŋ
signalling
ˈsɪɡnəlɪŋ
squireling
ˈskwaɪəlɪŋ
time-trialling
ˈtaɪmˌtraɪəlɪŋ
tireling
ˈtaɪəlɪŋ
travelling
ˈtrævəlɪŋ
trialling
ˈtraɪəlɪŋ
vitriolling
ˈvɪtrɪəlɪŋ
yearling
ˈjɪəlɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HIRELING

hircosity
hire
hire car
hire charges
hire company
hire purchase
hire purchase agreement
hire-purchase
hireable
hiree
hirer
Hiri Motu
hiring
hiring-fair
hirling
Hirohito
Hiroshige
Hiroshima
hirple
hirrient

WORDS THAT END LIKE HIRELING

calling
changeling
chemical peeling
Darjeeling
doweling
enameling
feeling
fellow feeling
fledgeling
freewheeling
gut feeling
hard feeling
ill feeling
ill-feeling
kneeling
paralleling
peeling
quarreling
sniveling
unfeeling
wheeling

Synonyms and antonyms of hireling in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hireling» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HIRELING

Find out the translation of hireling to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hireling from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hireling» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

雇工
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

asalariado
570 millions of speakers

English

hireling
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मज़ूर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أجير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

наемник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mercenário
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঠিকা মজুর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mercenaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penggajian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tagelöhners
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

雇い人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

돈 받고 일하는 사람
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hireling
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người làm thuê
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கூலிக்காரன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भाडेकरू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ücretli adam
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mercenario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

najemnik
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

найманець
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mercenar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

hireling
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

huurling
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hireling
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

leiesvenn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hireling

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HIRELING»

The term «hireling» is regularly used and occupies the 84.238 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HIRELING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hireling» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hireling» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hireling

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QUOTES WITH «HIRELING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hireling.
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Francis Scott Key
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave from the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIRELING»

Discover the use of hireling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hireling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Lammas Hireling
With the LAMMAS HIRELING - the title poem having already won both the National Poetry Competition and the Forward Prize for Best Poem - Duhig has produced his most accessible and exciting volume to date, and looks set to reach a whole new ...
Ian Duhig, 2012
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The Hireling Ministry None of Christ's Or a Discourse ...
1652. This discourse was humbly presented to such pious and honorable hands, whom the present debate thereof concerns and to all such gentle persons who with ingenious civility desire to search whether what is presented concerning Christ ...
Roger Williams, 2010
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The Hireling
Half-hoping to make his dream come true, Leadbitter takes a bold step which costs him her company and brings the story to a dramatically unexpected end. The Hireling was made into a 1973 film starring Sarah Miles and Robert Shaw.
L. P. Hartley, 2008
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A Free Gift to the Clergy: Or the Hireling Priests of What ...
Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.
Thomas Woolston, 2010
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The Spanish Hireling Detected: Being a Refutation of the ...
Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time.
George Cadogan, 2012
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The Seven I AM sayings in the Gospel of St John
He who is a hireling and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.
Kristina Kaine
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NPNF1-07. St. Augustine: Homilies on the Gospel of John; ...
Christ. What is Christ? The Truth. Who, then, openeth the door, but He who guideth into all truth? 5. But what are we to say of the hireling? He is not mentioned here among the good. “The good Shepherd,” He says, “giveth His life for the sheep.
Philip Schaff
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Premium Remedy for Hireling Slavery: Classified Principles ...
A PREMIUM REMEDY ' FOR HIRELING SLAVERY. The cure of the physical diseases of the body must be understood, before it can be efltected. The same must be the case with social evils. As depravity or vice are Wholly acquired through the ...
Lewis Masquerier, 1877
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Hawkers's Bible Handbook
A name rendered memorable from his friendship with Solomon. His name, according to the Hebrew phraseology, Huram, signifies a lifting up. (See I Kings v . 1.) HIRELING In Scripture language, our nature is frequently spoken of as an hireling ...
Robert Hawker, 2005
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Study John's Gospel
12: But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. ACCORDING TO CALVIN, HOW IS THE DUTY OF A ...
Paul Avent, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIRELING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hireling is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Our Man in Charleston,' by Christopher Dickey - The New York Times
... for its pro-Confederacy sentiment, along with the industry's Whig allies in Parliament and in what he called the “hireling press,” especially The ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
LETTER: 'The voice of a hireling'
I recently heard a three-point message from a preacher in response to the gay marriage ruling of the Supreme Court. Here are his points:. «Sioux City Journal, Jul 15»
3
Thirtieth June 2015 passed on Sudan without stirring dust
... wealth and the suppression of political activists and oppression of the opposition to monopolize power for self and the hireling cronies. «Sudan Tribune, Jul 15»
4
Migration's Miseries
Also, the poisoned well's skeptic can be a hireling of the Jews; the scourge will remain even if those fighting it will feel to serve virtue. «Patriot Post, Jul 15»
5
Paradise turned hell
... acute dislike for their ancestral skilled jobs & low-earning businesses that too were now done for them by hireling aliens of black planet. «GreaterKashmir.com, Jul 15»
6
APC Crisis: Kwara, Lagos chapters clash over Saraki
During the last election he lost his polling unit to the PDP. Igbokwe is a, jobber, hireling of mischief and a political nuisance to the APC. SAM .A. «Premium Times, Jul 15»
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Review: Sargent's Intimate Portraits of Friends at the Metropolitan …
He was the hireling of plutocrats, yesterday's version of our own, who bought his time, his name and his flattering hand to make themselves ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Criticizing Mayor Yaede and Co. | Letter
... expresses their opinion contrary to Mayor Yaede's administrative policies it is greeted with a recalcitrant response from a republican hireling. «NJ.com, Jul 15»
9
An unexpected pastoral blessing in Kansas City
We watched Peter, a smelly fisherman; Judas, a conniving accountant; and Matthew, a Roman hireling and tax collector all called into Jesus' ... «Mennonite World Review, Jul 15»
10
Ansarullah Committed to Pursuing Peace in Yemen: Official
"The main problem is related to Saudi Arabia ('s military intervention) and the money it pays to its hireling groups in Yemen," he added. «Tasnim News Agency, Jun 15»

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