Search Result:mercenary
KK Pronunciation
〔 ˋmFsNˏєrI 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ˊmәːsinәri 〕
Overview of noun mercenary
The noun mercenary has 1 sense
- 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
- materialistic, mercenary, worldly-minded -- (marked by materialism)
- mercenary, free-lance, freelance -- (serving for wages in a foreign army; "mercenary killers")
- mercantile, mercenary, moneymaking -- (profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business")