hirelings

noun

plural of hireling
as in employees
one who works for another for wages or a salary demanded to speak to the store's owner and not one of his hirelings

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Recent Examples of hirelings In October, studio hirelings with sound cameras and recording devices descended on suburbs around Los Angeles and smaller southern California towns and asked voters to voice their political preferences. — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hirelings
  1. employees
  2. workers
Noun
  • The State Department on Wednesday ordered nonemergency government employees and their families to leave Saudi Arabia amid escalating attacks by the Houthis on Saudi infrastructure.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Flock employees urged the company to adopt stronger security after a 2024 breach.
    — Douglas MacMillan, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of employees
Noun
  • But the movement has widened to include workers demanding relief from rising living costs, making the government’s task broader than resolving a dispute over university admissions.
    — Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Also according to the emergency service, consecutive Russian strikes on a shopping center in Kharkiv injured four people late on Saturday, including three rescue workers.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of workers

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“Hirelings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hirelings. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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