Associations to the word «Mercenary»
Noun
- Anatolia
- Corsica
- Firearm
- Vassal
- Pritchard
- Libya
- Manpower
- Romans
- Nomad
- Herodotus
- Loyalist
- Priestess
- Byzantium
- Stark
- Starship
- Egyptian
- Royalist
- Cartel
- Emissary
- Hoffman
- Hostage
- Leader
- Insurgent
- Norman
- Kell
- Romano
- Lombardy
- Loyalty
- Combatant
- Dion
- Bane
- Foreigner
- Albrecht
- Dogs
- Villain
- Countryman
- Conscription
- Principality
- Employer
- Connacht
- Venetian
- Celt
- Thorne
- Musketeer
- Mainstay
- Atrocity
- Pirate
- Fief
- Heiress
- Binocular
- Macedonia
- Bulgarian
- Courtier
- Allegiance
- Reliance
- Incursion
- Ky
- Warrior
- Balkans
- Weasel
Adjective
Wiktionary
MERCENARY, adjective. Motivated by private gain.
MERCENARY, noun. 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 prime or sole motivation is private gain.
Dictionary definition
MERCENARY, noun. A person hired to fight for another country than their own.
MERCENARY, adjective. Marked by materialism.
MERCENARY, adjective. Serving for wages in a foreign army; "mercenary killers".
MERCENARY, adjective. Profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business".
Wise words
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at
least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are
nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to
build something with them; they do not win their true
meaning until one knows how to apply them.