mercenary
a person hired to fight for another country than their own (Freq. 2) • Syn: soldier of fortune • Hypernyms: adventurer, venturer • Hyponyms: ninja
1. serving for wages in a foreign army - mercenary killers • Syn: free-lance, freelance • Similar to: paid 2. marked by materialism • Syn: materialistic, worldly-minded • Similar to: worldly, secular, temporal • Derivationally related forms: materialism (for: materialistic) 3. profit oriented - a commercial book - "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan - a mercenary enterprise - a moneymaking business • Syn: mercantile, moneymaking • Similar to: commercial • Derivationally related forms: moneymaking (for: moneymaking)
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