Definitions for mercenary
Overview of noun mercenary
The noun mercenary has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) mercenary, soldier of fortune
(a person hired to fight for another country than their own)
Overview of adj mercenary
The adj mercenary has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. materialistic, mercenary, worldly-minded
(marked by materialism)
2. mercenary, free-lance, freelance
(serving for wages in a foreign army; "mercenary killers")
3. mercantile, mercenary, moneymaking
(profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business")
