mercenary soldier

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• soldier of fortune — n. 1. a mercenary soldier, esp. one seeking adventure or excitement 2. any adventurer …   English World dictionary

• soldier of fortune — mercenary, soldier who fights for a financial reward …   English contemporary dictionary

• Mercenary — For other uses, see Mercenary (disambiguation). Leonardo da Vinci s Il Condottieri, 1480. Condottieri being the Late Middle Age Through Renaissance term for Mercenary soldier leader(s) in Italian. A Mercenary, also known as a professional soldier …   Wikipedia

• Soldier, Ask Not — Infobox Book name = Soldier, Ask Not title orig = translator = image caption = Cover of the first edition author = Gordon R. Dickson illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = Childe Cycle genre = Science… …   Wikipedia

• mercenary — mer|ce|na|ry1 [ˈmə:sənəri US ˈmə:rsəneri] n plural mercenaries [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: mercenarius, from merces payment for work ; MERCY] a soldier who fights for any country or group that will pay him ▪ an army of foreign mercenaries… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• soldier — n. & v. n. 1 a person serving in or having served in an army. 2 (in full common soldier) a private or NCO in an army. 3 a military commander of specified ability (a great soldier). 4 (in full soldier ant) a wingless ant or termite with a large… …   Useful english dictionary

• mercenary — [adj] greedy for money acquisitive, avaricious, bribable, corrupt, covetous, grabby, grasping, miserly, money grubbing, selfish, sordid, stingy, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous, venal; concept 401 Ant. generous, unselfish mercenary [n]… …   New thesaurus

• Mercenary from Tomorrow —   Author(s) Mack Reynolds Country …   Wikipedia

• Soldier of Fortune — is another term for a mercenary or adventurer. It may also refer to: * Soldier of Fortune (magazine), a publication purportedly aimed at mercenaries * A video game series: ** Soldier of Fortune (video game), based on the magazine ** , sequel ** * …   Wikipedia

• mercenary — [mʉr′sə ner΄ē] adj. [L mercenarius < merces, pay, wages, akin to merx: see MARKET] 1. working or done for payment only; motivated by a desire for money or other gain; venal; greedy 2. designating a soldier serving for pay in a foreign army;… …   English World dictionary

• soldier — [n] person serving in military airforce member, cadet, cavalryperson, commando, conscript, draftee, enlisted person, fighter, GI*, Green Beret, guard, guerrilla, gunner, infantry, infantryperson, marine, mercenary, military person, musketeer,… …   New thesaurus