найми́т

nounmasculineanimatecountablevery rarely used (#32194)

1.
hireling, mercenary, stooge
Газе́та называ́ла их найми́тами За́пада.
The newspaper called them hirelings of the West.
Derogatory; typical of political rhetoric and propaganda.
2.
(rare) hired labourer, farmhand, day labourer
На поле рабо́тали найми́ты.
Hired labourers were working in the field.
Dated; refers to hired agricultural or manual work.

Examples

Наймит выполнял чужие приказы за деньги.
The hireling carried out other people's orders for money.
Он служил простым наймитом у богатого хозяина.
He worked as a simple hired hand for a wealthy landowner.
Этого наймита никто не уважал в деревне.
No one in the village respected that hireling.