MERCENARY
\mˈɜːsənəɹi], \mˈɜːsənəɹi], \m_ˈɜː_s_ə_n_ə_ɹ_i]\
Definitions of MERCENARY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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marked by materialism
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profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business"
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a person hired to fight for another country than their own
By Princeton University
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marked by materialism
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profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business"
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a person hired to fight for another country than their own
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Hence: Moved by considerations of pay or profit; greedy of gain; sordid; selfish.
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One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired into foreign service.
By Oddity Software
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Hence: Moved by considerations of pay or profit; greedy of gain; sordid; selfish.
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One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired into foreign service.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Hired for money: actuated by the hope of reward: greedy of gain: sold or done for money.
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One who is hired: a soldier hired into foreign service.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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