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".
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