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 [ˈmɜːsɪnərɪ -sɪnrɪ]

adj

1. influenced by greed or desire for gain

2. (Military) of or relating to a mercenary or mercenaries

n pl -naries

1. (Military) a man hired to fight for a foreign army, etc.

2. Rare any person who works solely for pay

[from Latin mercēnārius, from mercēs wages]

mercenarily  adv

mercenariness  n

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

hireling, freelance (History), soldier of fortune, condottiere (History), free companion (History) In the film he plays a brutish, trigger-happy mercenary.

adjective

1. greedy, grasping, acquisitive, venal, avaricious, covetous, money-grubbing (informal), bribable Despite his mercenary motives, he is not a cynic.
greedy liberal, generous, benevolent, idealistic, altruistic, philanthropic, unselfish, munificent

2. hired, paid, bought, venal The mercenary soldier is not a valued creature.

Translations

mercenary [ˈmɜːsɪnərɪ]

A. ADJ → mercenario

B. N → mercenario/a m/f

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mercenary [ˈmɜː^rsɪnəri]

adj [person] → mercenaire; [motives, considerations, reasons] → mercantile

n (= soldier) → mercenaire m

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mercenary

adj

person → geldgierig; his motives were purely mercenary → er tat es nur des Geldes wegen; don’t be so mercenary → sei doch nicht so hinter dem Geld her (inf)

(Mil) → Söldner-; mercenary army → Söldnerarmee f

n → Söldner(in) m(f)

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mercenary [ˈmɜːsɪn/ərɪ]

1. adj (person) → mercenario/a; (motive) → venale

2. n → mercenario

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mercenary [ˈmɜːsɪn/ərɪ]

1. adj (person) → mercenario/a; (motive) → venale

2. n → mercenario

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mercenary

adj mercenary [ˈməːsinəri]

too strongly influenced by desire for money a mercenary attitude. omkoopbaar مادّي، يَهُمُّه كَسْب المال користен zištný beregnende gewinnsüchtig παραδόπιστος, συμφεροντολόγος interesado omakasupüüdlik آدم اجیر laskelmoiva intéressé רוֹדֵף בֶּצַע भाड़े का, धन-लोलुप plaćenički kalmárszellemű tamak mála-, málaliða- mercenario, venale 金銭づくの 돈만 바라는, 보수가 목적인 gobšus, savanaudiškas mantkārīgs; naudaskārs tamak geldzuchtig kremmeraktig, pengegrisk chciwy mercenário mercantil корыстный zištný koristoljuben koristoljubiv vinningslysten ซึ่งรับจ้าง paracı, para canlısı 貪財的, 唯利是圖的 корисливий زر طلب vụ 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, huursoldaat مُرْتَزِق наемник žoldnéř lejesoldat der Söldner μισθοφόρος mercenario palgasõdur سرباز مزدور palkkasoturi mercenaire שְׂכִיר חֶרֶב किराये का सैनिक plaćenici zsoldos (katona) tentara bayaran málaliði mercenario 傭兵 용병 samdinys algotņi askar upahan huursoldaat leiesoldat najemnik mercenário mercenar наёмник žoldnier najemnik plaćeni vojnik legosoldat ผู้รับจ้าง paralı asker 外國僱傭兵 найманець غیر ملکی ملازمت میں کرائے کا فوجی lính đánh thuê 外国雇佣兵