Mercenary - Definition
mercenary
adj 1: marked by materialism [syn: materialistic, mercenary,
worldly-minded]
2: serving for wages in a foreign army; "mercenary killers"
[syn: mercenary(a), free-lance(a), freelance(a)]
3: profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile
and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary
enterprise"; "a moneymaking business" [syn: mercantile,
mercenary, moneymaking(a)]
n 1: a person hired to fight for another country than their own
[syn: mercenary, soldier of fortune]