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"sense": "someone hired to perform unpleasant tasks",
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"word": "𐌰𐍃𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃"
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"sense": "someone hired to perform unpleasant tasks",
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],
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"sense": "someone hired to perform unpleasant tasks",
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"word": "на́ймит"
}
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"(usually derogatory) Someone who does a job purely for money, rather than out of interest in the work itself."
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"sense": "someone who does a job purely for money",
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"sense": "someone who does a job purely for money",
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"ref": "1934, Evelyn Waugh, A Handful of Dust, Chapter 3, Section 5",
"text": "In the afternoon they went to a neighbouring livery stables to look for hirellings.",
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"A horse for hire."
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"A prostitute."
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"(obsolete) A prostitute."
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"An employee who is hired, often to perform unpleasant tasks with little independence."
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"A horse for hire."
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"A prostitute."
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"(obsolete) A prostitute."
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"sounds": [
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhaɪɹˌlɪŋ/",
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"word": "flunky"
},
{
"word": "lackey"
},
{
"word": "mercenary"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "someone hired to perform unpleasant tasks",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "lejesvend"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "someone hired to perform unpleasant tasks",
"word": "renki"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "asneis",
"sense": "someone hired to perform unpleasant tasks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "𐌰𐍃𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃"
},
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "misthōtós",
"sense": "someone hired to perform unpleasant tasks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "μισθωτός"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nájmyt",
"sense": "someone hired to perform unpleasant tasks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "на́ймит"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "naemnik",
"sense": "someone who does a job purely for money",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "наемник"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "someone who does a job purely for money",
"word": "palkkarenki"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "epíkouros",
"sense": "someone who does a job purely for money",
"tags": [
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"word": "ἐπίκουρος"
},
{
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "nájmyt",
"sense": "someone who does a job purely for money",
"tags": [
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"word": "на́ймит"
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"word": "hireling"
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