"hireman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hiremen [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English hire man, from Old English hȳrmann, equivalent to hire + -man. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hire man}} Middle English hire man, {{inh|en|ang|hȳrmann}} Old English hȳrmann, {{suffix|en|hire|man}} hire + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|hiremen}} hireman (plural hiremen)
  1. (archaic, chiefly Scotland) hireling Tags: Scotland, archaic
    Sense id: en-hireman-en-noun-~uGLOrHV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -man, Scottish English

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1550, Newcastle and Gateshead",
          "text": "Also it is ordered that if any hireman or apprentice . . . not lowly and gentle to his said master, and to the officers going about for to search, and doing their duty to the said searchers and officers, the said master to present all such defaults unto the searchers and stewards, that they inform the twelve sworn men of all such faults as is found ; and also if the said hireman or prentice do not their duty in working of his work as he ought for to do, and their master letting it over past and unreformed until the said occupation, shall make it be reformed and remedied for the honesty of the said company; […]",
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