mercenary

mer·ce·nar·y  (mûrs-nr)

adj.

1. Motivated solely by a desire for monetary or material gain.

2. Hired for service in a foreign army.

n. pl. mer·ce·nar·ies

1. One who serves or works merely for monetary gain; a hireling.

2. A professional soldier hired for service in a foreign army.

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[Middle English mercenarie, a mercenary, from Old French mercenaire, from Latin mercnnrius, from mercs, wages, price.]

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merce·nari·ly adv.

merce·nari·ness n.

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mercenary

Noun

pl -naries

a soldier who fights for a foreign army for money

Adjective

1. motivated by greed or the desire for gain: calculating and mercenary businessmen

2. of or relating to a mercenary or mercenaries [Latin merces wages]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mercenary - a person hired to fight for another country than their own soldier of fortune adventurer, venturer - a person who enjoys taking risks ninja - a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu
Adj.	1.	mercenary - marked by materialism materialistic, worldly-minded worldly, secular, temporal - characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world; "worldly goods and advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church"
	2.	mercenary - serving for wages in a foreign army; "mercenary killers" free-lance, freelance paid - marked by the reception of pay; "paid work"; "a paid official"; "a paid announcement"; "a paid check"
	3.	mercenary - profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business" mercantile, moneymaking commercial - connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises; "commercial trucker"; "commercial TV"; "commercial diamonds"

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mercenary

noun 1. hireling, freelance History soldier of fortune, condottiere History free companion History

adjective 2. greedy, grasping, acquisitive, venal, avaricious, covetous, money-grubbing (informal) bribable << OPPOSITE generous

adjective 3. hired, paid, bought, venal

Translations

mercenary [ˈməːsɪnərɪ] adj, n → mercenario/a

mercenary [ˈməːsɪnərɪ] adj [person] → intéressé(e) → mercenaire

n → mercenaire m

mercenary [ˈməːsɪnərɪ] adj (person) → geldgierig

n → Söldner m

mercenary [ˈməːsɪnərɪ] adj → venale

n → mercenario

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mercenary

adj mercenary [ˈməːsinəri]

too strongly influenced by desire for money a mercenary attitude.omkoopbaarمادّي، يَهُمُّه كَسْب المالкористенzištnýberegnendegewinnsüchtigπαραδόπιστος, συμφεροντολόγοςinteresadoomakasupüüdlikآدم اجیرlaskelmoivaintéresséרוֹדֵף בֶּצַעभाड़े का, धन-लोलुपplaćeničkikalmárszelleműtamakmála-, málaliða-mercenario, venale金銭づくの물욕이 강한, 돈에 집착하는gobšus, savanaudiškasmantkārīgs; naudaskārstamakgeldzuchtigkremmeraktig, pengegriskchciwymercenáriomercantilкорыстныйzištnýkoristoljubenkoristoljubivvinningslystenซึ่งรับจ้างparacı, para canlısı貪財的, 唯利是圖的корисливийزر طلبvụ lợi贪财的, 唯利是图的

n – plural ˈmercenaries –

a soldier from one country who hires his services to another country Mercenaries are fighting in Africa.geldsoldaat, huursoldaatمُرْتَزِقнаемникžoldnéřlejesoldatder Söldnerμισθοφόροςmercenariopalgasõdurسرباز مزدورpalkkasoturimercenaireשְׂכִיר חֶרֶבकिराये का सैनिकplaćenicizsoldos (katona)tentara bayaranmálaliðimercenario傭兵용병samdinysalgotņiaskar upahanhuursoldaatleiesoldatnajemnikmercenáriomercenarнаёмникžoldniernajemnikplaćeni vojniklegosoldatผู้รับจ้างparalı asker外國僱傭兵найманецьغیر ملکی ملازمت میں کرائے کا فوجیlính đánh thuê外国雇佣兵