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mercenary

/'m/[@]/rs/@/,n/E/r/i/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Acting for reward; serving for pay; paid; hired; hireling; venal; as, <i>mercenary</i> soldiers.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. a person hired to fight for another country than their own

    noun.person

    Synonyms soldier of fortune

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired into foreign service.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. marked by materialism

    adj.all

    Synonyms materialistic worldly-minded

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. serving for wages in a foreign army

    adj.all

    Examples
    Mercenary killers.
    Synonyms free-lance freelance

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. profit oriented

    adj.all

    Examples
    A mercenary enterprise.
    Synonyms mercantile moneymaking

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

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