hireman means hireling. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.
Etymology
From Middle English hire man, from Old English hȳrmann, equivalent to hire + -man.
noun
- 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 the twelve sworn men of all such faults as is found ; and also if the said hireman or prentice do not”