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mercenary — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ foreign ▪ hired … OF MERCENARIES ▪ army, band, group ▪ a small army of mercenar … Collocations dictionary
mercenary — adj Mercenary, hireling, venal, hack are comparable though not closely synonymous terms when they are applied to persons, or their acts, services, or products with the meaning actuated or motivated chiefly by a desire for profit. Mercenary… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
mercenary — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ motivated chiefly by the desire for gain. ► NOUN (pl. mercenaries) ▪ a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army. ORIGIN from Latin mercenarius hireling , from merces reward … English terms dictionary
mercenary — 1. adjective 1) mercenary self interest Syn: money oriented, grasping, greedy, acquisitive, avaricious, covetous, bribable, venal, materialistic; informal money grubbing 2) mercenary soldiers Syn: hired … Thesaurus of popular words
mercenary — I UK [ˈmɜː(r)s(ə)n(ə)rɪ] / US [ˈmɜrs(ə)nˌerɪ] adjective showing disapproval interested only in the money or other personal advantages that you can get from something II UK [ˈmɜː(r)s(ə)n(ə)rɪ] / US [ˈmɜrs(ə)nˌerɪ] noun [countable] Word forms… … English dictionary
mercenary — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. calculating, selfish, sordid, venal, grasping, avaricious. See parsimony. Ant., altruistic, unselfish. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. acquisitive, selfish, miserly; see greedy 1 , stingy . n. Syn.… … English dictionary for students
mercenary — 1 noun (C) a soldier who fights for any country or group that is willing to pay him: The Emperor hired an army of Saxon mercenaries. 2 adjective only interested in money, and not caring about whether your actions are right or wrong or about the… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
mercenary — [ˈmɜːs(ə)n(ə)ri] adj showing disapproval I interested only in the money or other personal advantages that you can get from something II noun [C] mercenary [ˈmɜːs(ə)n(ə)ri] a soldier who fights for any army that will pay him or her … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
mercenary — I. noun (plural naries) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin mercenarius, irregular from merced , merces wages more at mercy Date: 14th century one that serves merely for wages; especially a soldier hired into foreign service II. adjective Date … New Collegiate Dictionary
mercenary — [ mə:sɪn(ə)ri] adjective primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics. noun (plural mercenaries) a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army. Derivatives mercenariness noun Origin ME: from L. mercenarius hireling ,… … English new terms dictionary
mercenary — /ˈmɜsənri / (say mersuhnree), / sənəri/ (say suhnuhree) adjective 1. working or acting merely for gain. 2. hired (now only of soldiers serving in a foreign army). –noun (plural mercenaries) 3. a professional soldier serving in a foreign army. 4.… …