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Definition of Mercenary

1. Adjective. Marked by materialism.

2. Noun. A person hired to fight for another country than their own.

3. Adjective. Serving for wages in a foreign army. "Mercenary killers"

4. Adjective. Profit oriented. "A moneymaking business"

Definition of Mercenary

1. a. Acting for reward; serving for pay; paid; hired; hireling; venal; as, mercenary soldiers.

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

Definition of Mercenary

1. Adjective. motivated by private gain ¹

2. Noun. A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose prime or sole motivation is private gain. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mercenary

1. [n -RIES]

Medical Definition of Mercenary

1. 1. Acting for reward; serving for pay; paid; hired; hireling; venal; as, mercenary soldiers. 2. Hence: Moved by considerations of pay or profit; greedy of gain; sordid; selfish. "For God forbid I should my papers blot With mercenary lines, with servile pen." (Daniel) Synonym: See Venal. Origin: OE. Mercenarie, F. Mercenaire, fr. L. Mercenarius, fr. Merces wages, reward. See Mercy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mercenary

mercapturic acid mercapturic acid pathway mercat mercatante mercatantes mercats mercature mercauro mercenaria mercenarian

mercenarians mercenaries mercenarily mercenariness mercenarinesses mercenary (current term) mercenary(a) mercer merceries mercerisation

mercerise mercerised mercerises mercerising mercerization mercerizations mercerize mercerized mercerizes mercerizing

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