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1. (adj.) mercenary
working or acting merely for money or other reward; venal.
2. mercenary
hired to serve in a foreign army.
3. (n.) mercenary
a soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.
4. mercenary
any hireling.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME mercenarie < L mercēnnārius hired worker, akin to mercēs wage)
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| Definition of 'mercenary' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) mercenary, soldier of fortune
a person hired to fight for another country than their own
2. (adj) materialistic, mercenary, worldly-minded
marked by materialism
3. (adj) mercenary(a), free-lance(a), freelance(a)
serving for wages in a foreign army
"mercenary killers"
4. (adj) mercantile, mercenary, moneymaking(a)
profit oriented
"a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) mercenary
acting for reward; serving for pay; paid; hired; hireling; venal; as, mercenary soldiers
2. (adj) mercenary
hence: Moved by considerations of pay or profit; greedy of gain; sordid; selfish
3. (noun) mercenary
one who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired into foreign service
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Sense: too strongly influenced by desire for money
a mercenary attitude.
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 Afrikaans: omkoopbaar |
 Arabic: مادّي، يَهُمُّه كَسْب الم |
 Bulgarian: користен |
 Brazilian: mercenário |
 Czech: zištný |
 German: gewinnsüchtig |
 Danish: beregnende |
 Greek: παραδόπιστος, συμφεροντολ |
 Spanish: interesado |
 Estonian: omakasupüüdlik |
 Farsi: آدم اجیر |
 Finnish: voitonhimoinen |
 French: intéressé |
 Hebrew: רוֹדֵף בֶּצַע |
 Hindi: भाड़े का, धन-लोलुप |
 Croatian: plaćenički |
 Hungarian: kalmárszellemű |
 Indonesian: tamak |
 Icelandic: mála-, málaliða- |
 Italian: mercenario, venale |
 Japanese: 金銭づくの |
 Korean: 돈만 바라는, 보수가 목적인 |
 Lithuanian: gobšus, savanaudiškas |
 Latvian: mantkārīgs; naudaskārs |
 Malay: tamak |
 Dutch: geldzuchtig |
 Norwegian: kremmeraktig, pengegrisk |
 Polish: chciwy |
 Persian: غريبو آدم اجیر |
 Pashto: اجير او غريب |
 Portuguese: mercenário |
 Romanian: mercantil |
 Russian: корыстный |
 Slovak: zištný |
 Slovenian: koristoljuben |
 Serbian: koristoljubiv |
 Swedish: vinningslysten |
 Thai: เห็นแก่เงิน |
 Turkish: paracı, para canlısı |
 Taiwanese: 唯利是圖的 |
 Ukrainian: корисливий |
 Urdu: زر طلب |
 Vietnamese: vụ lợi |
 Chinese: 贪财的，唯利是图的 |
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