Associations to the word «Mercenary»
Noun
- Carthage
- Hire
- Contingent
- Hiring
- Drow
- Adventurer
- Macedonian
- Auxiliary
- Plunder
- Sparta
- Matron
- Soldier
- Athenian
- Bodyguard
- Bounty
- Troop
- Recruit
- Cavalry
- Assassin
- Sigismund
- Warlord
- Hannibal
- Spartan
- Seychelles
- Loot
- Conan
- Legion
- Levy
- Cyrus
- Cyborg
- Sable
- Army
- Miles
- Solace
- Sicily
- Militia
- Commando
- Matthias
- Revolt
- Sardinia
- Tunis
- Pay
- Desertion
- Congo
- Coup
- Ptolemy
- Habsburg
- Slade
- Deserter
- Terrorist
- Mutiny
- Swordsman
- Tung
- Archer
- Darius
- Freighter
- Warfare
- Faulkner
- Renegade
- Garrison
- Overthrow
- Pharaoh
- Tyrant
- Cobra
- Princes
- Malice
- Ally
- Crusader
- Emerald
- Employ
- Rebel
- Bandit
- Faction
Adjective
Wiktionary
MERCENARY, adjective. Motivated by private gain.
MERCENARY, noun. A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose prime or sole motivation is private gain.
Dictionary definition
MERCENARY, noun. A person hired to fight for another country than their own.
MERCENARY, adjective. Marked by materialism.
MERCENARY, adjective. Serving for wages in a foreign army; "mercenary killers".
MERCENARY, adjective. Profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business".
Wise words
Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable
fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those
symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated
by the inaudible language of the heart.