mercenary
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- greedy, acquisitive, avaricious, grasping, money-grubbing (informal), sordid, venal
[noun]
Synonyms:
- hireling, soldier of fortune

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Antonyms: unmercenary

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I. mer‧ce‧na‧ry¹ /ˈmɜːsənəri $ ˈmɜːrsəneri/ noun (plural mercenaries) [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: mercenarius, from merces 'payment for work'; ⇒ mercy]
a soldier who fights for any country or group that will pay him:
an army of foreign mercenaries
a mercenary soldier

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II. mercenary² adjective
only interested in the money you may be able to get from a person, job etc:
She did it for purely mercenary reasons.
a mercenary attitude

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mercenary
noun
ADJ. foreign
QUANT. army, band a small army of mercenaries
VERB + MERCENARY employ, hire, recruit | pay
MERCENARY + NOUN army

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