hireling :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

Nouns (1)

n. a person who works only for money

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Fuzzynyms (15)

n. a person who is present and participates in a meeting; "he was a regular attender at department meetings"; "the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees"

attendant

n. someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

parasite, sponge, leech, minion

n. a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

sycophant, toady, crawler

n. a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

menial, dogsbody

n. a domestic servant

mercenary, soldier of fortune

n. a person hired to fight for another country than their own

legionnaire, legionary

n. a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion)

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