hireling vs pensionary

hireling

noun
  • Someone who does a job purely for money, rather than out of interest in the work itself. 

  • A horse for hire. 

  • An employee who is hired, often to perform unpleasant tasks with little independence. 

pensionary

noun
  • one who receives a pension; a pensioner 

  • A leading functionary and legal adviser of the principal town corporations in the Netherlands. 

adj
  • pertaining to a pension 

  • maintained by a pension; receiving a pension 

How often have the words hireling and pensionary occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )