mercenary
Meaning of mercenary
noun
- One motivated by gain, especially monetary.
- 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 primary motivation is private gain.
- One hired to engage in a figurative battle, as a corporate takeover, a lawsuit, or a political campaign.
adjective
Motivated by private gain.
Information about mercenary
- The plural form of mercenary is: mercenaries.
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Hyphenation of mercenary
mer-ce-nary
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- mercenary is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
mercenary synonyms
Meaning materialistic:
Meaning freelance:
Meaning mercantile:
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Translation of mercenary
- German: Söldner
- Spanish: mercenario
- French: mercenaire
- Italian: mercenario
- Portuguese: mercenário
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