Mercenary - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈmɜːrsənerɪ|
Brit.
|ˈmɜːsɪn(ə)rɪ|
noun
- a person hired to fight for another country than their own
adjective
- marked by materialism (syn: materialistic, worldly-minded)
- serving for wages in a foreign army (syn: free-lance, freelance)
- serving for wages in a foreign army (syn: free-lance, freelance)
mercenary killers
- profit oriented (syn: mercantile, moneymaking)a mercenary enterprise
Extra examples
His motives in choosing a career were purely mercenary.
...they were a mercenary couple, who defined themselves not by what they were but by what they owned...
She did it for purely mercenary reasons.
Word forms
noun
singular: mercenary
plural: mercenaries
singular: mercenary
plural: mercenaries
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