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hireman

hireman noun: hireling.

Noun

hireman (plural hiremen)

  1. (Scotland, archaic) hireling
    • 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...1550, Newcastle and Gateshead
    • The maiden fair cried aloud for joy, and then the hireman chiel knew that she was true to him, and he said: — "If you love me well, stretch out your hand to me." So the maiden fair stretched out her hand to the hireman chiel in the ploughman's frock, and the baron swore a great oath and galloped...1901, Eva March Tappan, Old Ballads in Prose: The Hireman Chiel, page 88

Forms of hireman

pluralhiremen

Origin of hireman

From Middle English hire man, from Old English hȳrmann, equivalent to hire + -man.

Questions about hireman

What does hireman mean?
Hireman means hireling.
What part of speech is hireman?
Hireman is a noun.
What is the plural of hireman?
The plural of hireman is hiremen.

Words near hireman in the dictionary

  1. hiree
  2. hirees
  3. hireless
  4. hireling
  5. hirelings
  6. hireman
  7. hiremen
  8. Hiren
  9. Hirens
  10. hirer
  11. hirers

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