Used in a Sentence

hirelings

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for hirelings.

Editorial note

That wasn't Russia, or China; it was the yacht class and their hirelings in law, politics and media.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A horse for hire.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of hirelings gathered in one view.

noun

A horse for hire.

noun

(usually derogatory) An employee who is hired, often to perform unpleasant tasks with little independence.

noun

(usually derogatory) Someone who does a job purely for money, rather than out of interest in the work itself.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hirelings.

noun

A horse for hire.

noun

(usually derogatory) An employee who is hired, often to perform unpleasant tasks with little independence.

noun

(usually derogatory) Someone who does a job purely for money, rather than out of interest in the work itself.

Example sentences

1

That wasn't Russia, or China; it was the yacht class and their hirelings in law, politics and media.

2

It seems that for employers and their hirelings, there is always a labor shortage or a looming labor shortage.

3

You sure won't be hanging out at the cool cafes with your new superfriends delegating menial tasks to your hirelings.

4

But this doesn't jive with the fact that employees are hirelings and thus have no ownership to anything in the company.

5

It was being conducted entirely by a corporate entity and it's ex-military hirelings (think Blackwater).

6

Glad I did, as I learned a ton b/c previous hirelings from my school had done well there.

7

That quantity of hirelings is a relatively effective replacement to magic items.

8

Like diplomats, they're sent abroad to lie for their university, and the university president cries all the way to the bank for the sins of his hirelings.

9

Because Trump is the first president whose hirelings 1.

10

It is known there are people being paid to do that, although I'd expect hirelings to do a better job for their pieces of silver.

11

It may be the practise in America to yield to an all powerful CEO / Chairman but CEOs are mere 'hirelings' and it is the board legally runs the company.

12

About the only thing that I felt was pretty valid was the invasiveness of the story, partly through the fluff conversations of hirelings but mainly through all the boss cutscenes.

Quote examples

1

B is lording it over her hirelings, "You should do this because in my experience...

2

I assure you that I tried it.” The goal was to give senior management the illusion of understanding what their hirelings were doing.

3

"It seems that for employers and their hirelings, there is always a labor shortage or a looming labor shortage" Of course, competition makes the prices go down, ergo, there is never enough competition.

4

> taking testimony from all the principals, including Rockefeller Sr., who testified that, even after knowing that guards in his pay had committed atrocities against the strikers, he "would have taken no action" to prevent his hirelings from attacking them.

Proper noun examples

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Hirelings were a big thing in earlier editions of D&D that kinda got forgotten at some point, but there's certainly something to the idea of high-level PCs hiring people to form an army to take on the army of the evil lich-king.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use hirelings in a sentence?

That wasn't Russia, or China; it was the yacht class and their hirelings in law, politics and media.

What does hirelings mean?

A horse for hire.

What part of speech is hirelings?

hirelings is commonly used as noun.