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amhas — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • hireling noun An employee who is hired, often to perform unpleasant tasks with little independence.
  • hooligan noun A violent or destructive troublemaker, especially one acting as part of a rowdy group.
  • lout noun A rude, clumsy, or aggressive person, especially a man.
  • mercenary noun A soldier who fights for pay rather than out of loyalty to a country or cause.
  • thug noun A violent, aggressive criminal, often acting as part of a gang.

Senses

amhas is used for these senses in English:

  • hireling (usually, pejorative) An employee who is hired, often to perform unpleasant tasks with little independence.
  • hooligan (informal, attributive) A young person who causes trouble or violence, typically as a member of a gang or other group.
  • lout A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.
  • mercenary A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose primary motivation is private gain.
  • thug A violent, aggressive, or truculent person.

hireling — full definition

  1. noun An employee who is hired, often to perform unpleasant tasks with little independence.
  2. noun Someone who does a job purely for money, rather than out of interest in the work itself.
  3. noun A horse for hire.
  4. noun A prostitute.

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