• (n.) One who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp., one whose motive and interest in serving another are wholly gainful; a mercenary. • (a.) Serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/hireling/
Hire'ling (-lĭng) noun [ Anglo-Saxon hȳreling . See Hire , noun , and -ling .] One who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp., one whose motive and interest in serving another are wholly gainful; a mercenary. 'Lewd hirelings .' Milt... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/48