wageling

Etymology

From wage + -ling.

wageling means one who is hired for wages, especially one motivated solely by money; a hireling. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.

Why this word is great

WAGELING — [Noun] A person who works solely for wages, especially one regarded as being motivated by mercenary gain; a hireling. From wage ("payment for labor") + -ling ("one belonging to or concerned with"). Unlike "hireling" (which emphasizes servile readiness for a specific, often sordid task) or "mercenary" (a soldier of fortune bound to a foreign banner), a wageling is the archetype of the purely pecuniary soul. He is the clerk who audits your life without seeing it, the journeyman whose craft extends no further than the clock’s face, and the bailiff who executes the writ with a shrug—a portrait of humanity distilled to the warmth of a palm-cupped wage, a life measured out in shillings.

noun

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.”