Thesaurus: mercenary

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1. a. Acting for reward; serving for pay; paid; hired; hireling; venal; as, mercenary soldiers.
2. a. Hence: Moved by considerations of pay or profit; greedy of gain; sordid; selfish.
3. n. One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired into foreign service.
4. adj. marked by materialism
5. adj. serving for wages in a foreign army
6. adj. profit oriented
7. n. a person hired to fight for another country than their own
8. 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. Shak. For God forbid I should my papers blot With mercenary lines, with servile pen. Daniel. Syn. -- See Venal. One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired into foreign service. Milman.
9. One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired intoforeign service. Milman.
10. j:30/n:70 n. a person hired to fight for another country than their own s. serving for wages in a foreign army