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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  1. employees
  2. workers
Noun
  • Some older employees who have benefited from a booming stock market may be retiring feeling comfortable with their 401(k)s, though that doesn’t explain why the participation rate for people ages 25 to 55 has fallen.
    — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 9 July 2026
  • Through speeches, chants and signs, demonstrators drew a line between the struggles local facility employees face and those carried by farmworkers in the Philippines.
    — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
Definition of employees
Noun
  • There are more than 70 cardrooms across California employing about 20,000 workers, according to the California Gaming Assn.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • In March, Jamaica ended its 50-year medical cooperation agreement with Cuba, affecting nearly 300 healthcare workers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
Definition of workers
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“Hirelings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hirelings. Accessed 9 Jul. 2026.

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