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wageling

wageling noun: one who is hired for wages, especially one motivated solely by money; a hireling.

Noun

wageling (plural wagelings)

  1. One who is hired for wages, especially one motivated solely by money; a hireling.
    • It is hardly to be hoped, that in any future Socialism, the wagelings, merely as such, or while penniless, may touch, like Pharoah's bondmen, 80 per cent. of their produce.1883, The Christian socialist - Volumes 1-2, page 170
    • Thy king is neither so well learned, nor so courteous as I had deemed, whereas he biddeth me come to him and he will take me to wife: forsooth, I am no wageling of him to go at his command.1896, William Morris, Old French Romances Done into English

Forms of wageling

pluralwagelings

Origin of wageling

From wage + -ling.

Questions about wageling

What does wageling mean?
Wageling means one who is hired for wages, especially one motivated solely by money; a hireling.
What part of speech is wageling?
Wageling is a noun.
What is the plural of wageling?
The plural of wageling is wagelings.

Words near wageling in the dictionary

  1. waged
  2. wagedom
  3. wagel
  4. wageless
  5. wagelessness
  6. wageling
  7. wagelings
  8. wagels
  9. wageman
  10. wagemen
  11. wagenboom

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