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