mercenary

1. a. Acting for reward; serving for pay; paid; hired; hireling; venal; as, mercenary soldiers. Source: opted

2. a. Hence: Moved by considerations of pay or profit; greedy of gain; sordid; selfish. Source: opted

3. n. One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired into foreign service. Source: opted

4. adj. marked by materialism Source: wordnet

5. adj. serving for wages in a foreign army Source: wordnet

6. adj. profit oriented Source: wordnet

7. n. a person hired to fight for another country than their own Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

9. One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired intoforeign service. Milman. Source: adambom

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 Source: ecdict

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