Hireling

Noun

 * 1)  an employee who is hired, often to perform unpleasant tasks with little independence
 * 2) * 1848: William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair
 * When my poor James was in the smallpox, did I allow any hireling to nurse him?
 * 1)  someone who does a job purely for money, rather than out of interest in the work itself
 * 2) * 1605: Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning
 * ... it may be truly affirmed that no kind of men love business for itself but those that are learned; for other persons love it for profit, as a hireling that loves the work for the wages;

Synonyms

 * flunky
 * lackey
 * mercenary

Adjectives for Hireling
sanguinary; base.

Thesaurus
adventurer, assistant, condottiere, drudge, employee, free lance, girl Friday, grub, grubber, gun, gunman, hack, hired gun, hired hand, hired killer, hired man, man Friday, mercenary, myrmidon, pensioner, professional killer, right-hand man, slavey, soldier of fortune, worker

Etymology
From, from hyrling:, from , equivalent to. Cognate with huurling:.