mercenary+(noun)

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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.… …