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mercenary
[ mur-suh-ner-ee ]
adjective
- working or acting merely for money or other reward; venal.
Synonyms: covetous, avaricious, acquisitive, grasping
Antonyms: unselfish, idealistic, altruistic
- hired to serve in a foreign army, guerrilla organization, etc.
noun
- a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.
- any hireling.
mercenary
/ ˈmɜːsɪnərɪ; -sɪnrɪ /
adjective
- influenced by greed or desire for gain
- of or relating to a mercenary or mercenaries
noun
- a man hired to fight for a foreign army, etc
- rare.any person who works solely for pay
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Derived Forms
- ˈmercenarily, adverb
- ˈmercenariness, noun
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Other Words From
- mer·ce·nar·i·ly [mur-s, uh, -, nair, -, uh, -lee, mur, -s, uh, -ner-], adverb
- merce·nari·ness noun
- non·mercen·ary adjective noun plural nonmercenaries
- unmer·ce·nari·ly adverb
- un·merce·nari·ness noun
- un·merce·nary adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mercenary1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mercenary1
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Example Sentences
As a former agent himself, Horrigan hopes to disabuse renters of the notion that brokers are mercenary con artists.
“I did not have enough money to bribe the judge, so I decided to become a mercenary,” Mozhayev told a local reporter.
The scene ends with a Street Fighter-like battle between Captain America and a mercenary.
By mid-to-late evening, there was overwhelming evidence that Russia was using a mix of mercenary and conscript forces.
A dreamy, blue-eyed rebel is approached by a mercenary wearing a scary mask.
Above all, he was amazed to hear me talk of a mercenary standing army in the midst of peace and among a free people.
If all the world did not wag his way, so much the worse for cold-blooded mercenary superfluous beings.
But this pious reverence gave place to a more mercenary spirit, and the trade in relics became a traffic of infamy and disgrace.
It is perhaps something of a surprise to find him a mercenary in seventeenth-century Holland; but the old touch is there.
The first were large bands of discharged mercenary soldiers who pillaged the country.
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