hired
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hired
- Simple past tense and past participle of hire.
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From Proto-Germanic *hīw-rēdaz (“family, household, relationship”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeyw-, *ḱeym- (“relative, tribesman”). Cognate with Old High German hīrāt (German Heirat, “marriage”), Old English hīwen (“household”).
[edit] Noun
hīred m.
