Defenition of the word mercenary

• Defenition of the word mercenary

  • A person hired to fight for another country than their own.
  • marked by materialism
  • profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business"
  • used of soldiers hired by a foreign army
  • a person hired to fight for another country than their own
  • profit oriented
  • serving for wages in a foreign army

Synonyms for the word mercenary

• • freelance
  • materialistic
  • mercantile
  • moneymaking
  • soldier of fortune
  • worldly-minded

Similar words in the mercenary

• • commercial
  • paid
  • worldly

Hyponyms for the word mercenary

• • ninja

Hypernyms for the word mercenary

• • adventurer
  • venturer

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