mercenary

[Mer·ce*na*ry]

You might not want to call a mercenary a "hireling" to his face, but a mercenary is, after all, a soldier who gets paid to fight where needed, sometimes taking a heroic stand and other times just wanting payment for fighting.

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Acting for reward; serving for pay; paid; hired; hireling; venal; as, mercenary soldiers.

Noun
a person hired to fight for another country than their own

Adjective S.
profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business"

Adjective S.
marked by materialism


a.
Acting for reward; serving for pay; paid; hired; hireling; venal; as, mercenary soldiers.

a.
Hence: Moved by considerations of pay or profit; greedy of gain; sordid; selfish.

n.
One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired into foreign service.


Mercenary

Mer"ce*na*ry , a. [OE. mercenarie, F. mercenaire, fr. L. mercenarius, fr. merces wages, reward. See Mercy.] 1. Acting for reward; serving for pay; paid; hired; hireling; venal; as, mercenary soldiers. 2. Hence: Moved by considerations of pay or profit; greedy of gain; sordid; selfish. Shak.
For God forbid I should my papers blot With mercenary lines, with servile pen.
Syn. -- See Venal.

Mercenary

Mer"ce*na*ry , n.; pl. Mercenaries . One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired into foreign service. Milman.

Acting for reward; serving for pay; paid; hired; hireling; venal; as, mercenary soldiers.

One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired into foreign service.

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Usage Examples

I spent a great deal of time with Che Guevara while I was in Havana. I believe he was far less a mercenary than he was a freedom fighter.

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