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mercenary meaning and definition
Definition and meaning of mercenary at MeaningMonkey.org. mercenary meaning and definition in the English Dictionary.MERCENARY noun
Definition of mercenary (noun)
- a person hired to fight for another country than their own
- synonyms: soldier of fortune
MERCENARY adjective
Definition of mercenary (adjective)
- marked by materialism
- synonyms: materialistic, worldly-minded
- serving for wages in a foreign army
- "mercenary killers"
- synonyms: freelance, free-lance
- profit oriented
- "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business"
- synonyms: mercantile, moneymaking
Source: Princeton University Wordnet