English to English
mercenary
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adjective (a)
- Acting for reward; serving for pay; paid; hired; hireling; venal; as, mercenary soldiers.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- a person hired to fight for another country than their own(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired into foreign service.(noun)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- serving for wages in a foreign army(adj.all)Example:
Mercenary killers.
source: wordnet30 - profit oriented(adj.all)Example:
A mercenary enterprise.
source: wordnet30
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