Definition of mercenary in English:

mercenary

adjective ˈməːsɪn(ə)riˈmərsəˌnɛri

Primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics.
she's nothing but a mercenary little gold-digger
Example sentencesExamples
- Even in this mercenary age, with the entire football agenda being driven by money, that might be too much for the clubs concerned to contemplate.
- We positively celebrate mercenary motives these days in most areas of life.
- They are both mercenary worlds where relationships are only relative to the next rung on the ladder of success.
- Talk about good times for it's mercenary culture.
- These cameras may have been launched with improved road safety in mind but they've been hijacked for mercenary reasons.
- But not before John had his fill of mercenary musicianship.
- It'll probably be merchandised like hell, but it definitely feels less mercenary than a lot of other children's entertainment.
- But in this day and age, with so many mercenary lawyers around, talking libel and slander, you cannot even speak ill of the living without caution.
- Canadians, I truly believe, are not mercenary beings.
- You know, these men are over there and women are over there as volunteers, but they're not over there as mercenary volunteers.
- I decided I couldn't be pressed like this, the third job involved no relocation and would be better for my CV, if you want to look at it in purely mercenary terms.
- In his writing on India, Marx shows himself under no illusions concerning the brutal and mercenary nature of British rule.
- It becomes an authentic spiritual experience only if it is totally free from selfish and mercenary interests on the part of those who facilitate it.
- Not unconnected with these two mercenary characters are the Cohens, the family with whom the saintly Mordecai lodges.
- In case that sounds completely mercenary he's also an old friend, and it would be good to see him again.
- An investor is very much afraid of the slow and mercenary courts, and of the factors of corruption and crime.
- I don't mean to mischaracterize what you're saying, but it makes it sound like Americans are very mercenary.
- She married him for purely mercenary reasons because she was a single mother with no means of support.
- When the public purse snapped shut, they resorted to ever more mercenary ways of earning a crust.
- And yet their aims are no less self-serving and their interests no less mercenary than those of any other union.
Synonyms
money-oriented, grasping, greedy, acquisitive, avaricious, covetous, rapacious, bribable, venal, materialistic
informal money-grubbing

nounPlural mercenaries ˈməːsɪn(ə)riˈmərsəˌnɛri

1A professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.
he had planned to seize power with the aid of a group of mercenaries
Example sentencesExamples
- In addition, she keeps a small army of mercenaries and slaves to be activated whenever she sees fit.
- For the most part, when war was deemed necessary they hired mercenaries to do the fighting.
- Being in the Army, the mercenary had maps of every conceivable place on the planet.
- Both risings were put down later in the summer, the royal forces being augmented by foreign mercenaries gathered for war against the Scots.
- Six years ago, he became a mercenary for a private military corporation.
- My father had no time for Ansgar, just because he had been a mercenary and a common soldier.
- No doubt the bowman is a mercenary hired by my former Sergeant-of-Arms.
- The player is always a soldier, a mercenary on the player's base.
- I am placing an ad in Soldier of Fortune magazine to hire a mercenary to kill me at this very moment.
- She was a soldier, a mercenary, a spy on a mission to save the world.
- He became a professional soldier, a mercenary, fighting wars and killing people and being completely detached from it all.
- The profession of mercenary is one of the oldest in the world.
- Unlike mercenaries, soldiers need to know when they go to battle that they are going there for a purpose.
- Third, there is also a potential continuing supply of mercenaries as regular soldiers are demobilized.
- Instead, they massed a large army, hired mercenaries, and attacked both places at once.
- In 1640, he inherited an army made up of mercenaries who lacked loyalty in the best of times.
- Machiavelli goes on to specify that armies are basically of two types: hired mercenaries and citizen militias.
- It is hard to believe that the country would hire foreign mercenaries for military and daily operations.
- Before he fell, he raised the grenade launcher and pointed it at the small army of mercenaries and undead.
- Is the Pentagon privatizing the military or is it simply hiring mercenaries?
Synonyms
soldier of fortune, professional soldier, hired soldier, hireling
private army
informal merc, hired gun
historical freelance, condottiere
archaic adventurer, lance-knight
1. 1.1 A person primarily motivated by personal gain.
  cricket's most infamous mercenary
  Example sentencesExamples
  So right now I have to get the Aberdeen team playing a lot better than they are now, stay around for a while and show that I am a rugby person, and not a mercenary.
  Moving from project to project, workers will become intellectual mercenaries.
  In these games you play as Bolton on a world tour as a mercenary for hire.
  Critics called him mercenary and his unhurried, self-possessed manner could make him unfathomable.
  Richardson pits this code explicitly against Matilda's nefarious campaign to sign Gerald on as her personal mercenary.
  Last Wednesday demonstrated that we have gone beyond the problems posed by the West Lothian Question proper and are now confronted by a contingent of rogue MPs who are as mercenary as they are unaccountable.
  NZPundit seems to think that my comments on mercenaries apply to people like this man.
  I enjoy being totally mercenary about supporting people I like in print.
  The first, clause 7, relates to recruiting a person to be a mercenary, and I guess that is something.
  They are political mercenaries, hired because they can keep ministers at arms' length from the media and the less savoury side of politics.

Derivatives

mercenariness

noun ˈməːsɪn(ə)rɪnəsˈmərs(ə)nˌɛrinəs

But alas, the mercenariness prevalent in our game will ensure that the high turnover of personnel at the Jags will rise exponentially with the club's success.
Example sentencesExamples
- What dismayed me the most about the exchanges on the website was the display of simple, raw mercenariness among new lawyers just entering the profession.
- My immediate reaction, however, was to despair of the sheer mercenariness of it all.
- The lack of mercenariness was a distinctive feature of this brilliant practical surgeon.
- Everything hinges on a young woman's disguise as a chevalier, ostensibly to witness first-hand the mercenariness of a potential husband, Lelio.

Origin

Late Middle English (as a noun): from Latin mercenarius 'hireling', from merces, merced- 'reward'.

Definition of mercenary in US English:

mercenary

adjectiveˈmərsəˌnɛriˈmərsəˌnerē

(of a person or their behavior) primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics.
she's nothing but a mercenary little gold digger
Example sentencesExamples
- You know, these men are over there and women are over there as volunteers, but they're not over there as mercenary volunteers.
- Even in this mercenary age, with the entire football agenda being driven by money, that might be too much for the clubs concerned to contemplate.
- Not unconnected with these two mercenary characters are the Cohens, the family with whom the saintly Mordecai lodges.
- Talk about good times for it's mercenary culture.
- They are both mercenary worlds where relationships are only relative to the next rung on the ladder of success.
- And yet their aims are no less self-serving and their interests no less mercenary than those of any other union.
- These cameras may have been launched with improved road safety in mind but they've been hijacked for mercenary reasons.
- Canadians, I truly believe, are not mercenary beings.
- When the public purse snapped shut, they resorted to ever more mercenary ways of earning a crust.
- She married him for purely mercenary reasons because she was a single mother with no means of support.
- In case that sounds completely mercenary he's also an old friend, and it would be good to see him again.
- I decided I couldn't be pressed like this, the third job involved no relocation and would be better for my CV, if you want to look at it in purely mercenary terms.
- We positively celebrate mercenary motives these days in most areas of life.
- But in this day and age, with so many mercenary lawyers around, talking libel and slander, you cannot even speak ill of the living without caution.
- In his writing on India, Marx shows himself under no illusions concerning the brutal and mercenary nature of British rule.
- It becomes an authentic spiritual experience only if it is totally free from selfish and mercenary interests on the part of those who facilitate it.
- I don't mean to mischaracterize what you're saying, but it makes it sound like Americans are very mercenary.
- It'll probably be merchandised like hell, but it definitely feels less mercenary than a lot of other children's entertainment.
- An investor is very much afraid of the slow and mercenary courts, and of the factors of corruption and crime.
- But not before John had his fill of mercenary musicianship.
Synonyms
money-oriented, grasping, greedy, acquisitive, avaricious, covetous, rapacious, bribable, venal, materialistic

nounˈmərsəˌnɛriˈmərsəˌnerē

1A professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.
Example sentencesExamples
- For the most part, when war was deemed necessary they hired mercenaries to do the fighting.
- Before he fell, he raised the grenade launcher and pointed it at the small army of mercenaries and undead.
- Being in the Army, the mercenary had maps of every conceivable place on the planet.
- Six years ago, he became a mercenary for a private military corporation.
- The player is always a soldier, a mercenary on the player's base.
- The profession of mercenary is one of the oldest in the world.
- She was a soldier, a mercenary, a spy on a mission to save the world.
- No doubt the bowman is a mercenary hired by my former Sergeant-of-Arms.
- Instead, they massed a large army, hired mercenaries, and attacked both places at once.
- In 1640, he inherited an army made up of mercenaries who lacked loyalty in the best of times.
- It is hard to believe that the country would hire foreign mercenaries for military and daily operations.
- I am placing an ad in Soldier of Fortune magazine to hire a mercenary to kill me at this very moment.
- In addition, she keeps a small army of mercenaries and slaves to be activated whenever she sees fit.
- Is the Pentagon privatizing the military or is it simply hiring mercenaries?
- Machiavelli goes on to specify that armies are basically of two types: hired mercenaries and citizen militias.
- He became a professional soldier, a mercenary, fighting wars and killing people and being completely detached from it all.
- Both risings were put down later in the summer, the royal forces being augmented by foreign mercenaries gathered for war against the Scots.
- Third, there is also a potential continuing supply of mercenaries as regular soldiers are demobilized.
- My father had no time for Ansgar, just because he had been a mercenary and a common soldier.
- Unlike mercenaries, soldiers need to know when they go to battle that they are going there for a purpose.
Synonyms
soldier of fortune, professional soldier, hired soldier, hireling
1. 1.1 A person primarily concerned with material reward at the expense of ethics.
  the sport's most infamous mercenary
  Example sentencesExamples
  I enjoy being totally mercenary about supporting people I like in print.
  The first, clause 7, relates to recruiting a person to be a mercenary, and I guess that is something.
  So right now I have to get the Aberdeen team playing a lot better than they are now, stay around for a while and show that I am a rugby person, and not a mercenary.
  Critics called him mercenary and his unhurried, self-possessed manner could make him unfathomable.
  They are political mercenaries, hired because they can keep ministers at arms' length from the media and the less savoury side of politics.
  In these games you play as Bolton on a world tour as a mercenary for hire.
  NZPundit seems to think that my comments on mercenaries apply to people like this man.
  Richardson pits this code explicitly against Matilda's nefarious campaign to sign Gerald on as her personal mercenary.
  Moving from project to project, workers will become intellectual mercenaries.
  Last Wednesday demonstrated that we have gone beyond the problems posed by the West Lothian Question proper and are now confronted by a contingent of rogue MPs who are as mercenary as they are unaccountable.

Origin

Late Middle English (as a noun): from Latin mercenarius ‘hireling’, from merces, merced- ‘reward’.

单词	mercenary
释义	Definition of mercenary in English: mercenary adjective ˈməːsɪn(ə)riˈmərsəˌnɛri Primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics. she's nothing but a mercenary little gold-digger Example sentencesExamples Even in this mercenary age, with the entire football agenda being driven by money, that might be too much for the clubs concerned to contemplate. We positively celebrate mercenary motives these days in most areas of life. They are both mercenary worlds where relationships are only relative to the next rung on the ladder of success. Talk about good times for it's mercenary culture. These cameras may have been launched with improved road safety in mind but they've been hijacked for mercenary reasons. But not before John had his fill of mercenary musicianship. It'll probably be merchandised like hell, but it definitely feels less mercenary than a lot of other children's entertainment. But in this day and age, with so many mercenary lawyers around, talking libel and slander, you cannot even speak ill of the living without caution. Canadians, I truly believe, are not mercenary beings. You know, these men are over there and women are over there as volunteers, but they're not over there as mercenary volunteers. I decided I couldn't be pressed like this, the third job involved no relocation and would be better for my CV, if you want to look at it in purely mercenary terms. In his writing on India, Marx shows himself under no illusions concerning the brutal and mercenary nature of British rule. It becomes an authentic spiritual experience only if it is totally free from selfish and mercenary interests on the part of those who facilitate it. Not unconnected with these two mercenary characters are the Cohens, the family with whom the saintly Mordecai lodges. In case that sounds completely mercenary he's also an old friend, and it would be good to see him again. An investor is very much afraid of the slow and mercenary courts, and of the factors of corruption and crime. I don't mean to mischaracterize what you're saying, but it makes it sound like Americans are very mercenary. She married him for purely mercenary reasons because she was a single mother with no means of support. When the public purse snapped shut, they resorted to ever more mercenary ways of earning a crust. And yet their aims are no less self-serving and their interests no less mercenary than those of any other union. Synonyms money-oriented, grasping, greedy, acquisitive, avaricious, covetous, rapacious, bribable, venal, materialistic informal money-grubbing nounPlural mercenaries ˈməːsɪn(ə)riˈmərsəˌnɛri 1A professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army. he had planned to seize power with the aid of a group of mercenaries Example sentencesExamples In addition, she keeps a small army of mercenaries and slaves to be activated whenever she sees fit. For the most part, when war was deemed necessary they hired mercenaries to do the fighting. Being in the Army, the mercenary had maps of every conceivable place on the planet. Both risings were put down later in the summer, the royal forces being augmented by foreign mercenaries gathered for war against the Scots. Six years ago, he became a mercenary for a private military corporation. My father had no time for Ansgar, just because he had been a mercenary and a common soldier. No doubt the bowman is a mercenary hired by my former Sergeant-of-Arms. The player is always a soldier, a mercenary on the player's base. I am placing an ad in Soldier of Fortune magazine to hire a mercenary to kill me at this very moment. She was a soldier, a mercenary, a spy on a mission to save the world. He became a professional soldier, a mercenary, fighting wars and killing people and being completely detached from it all. The profession of mercenary is one of the oldest in the world. Unlike mercenaries, soldiers need to know when they go to battle that they are going there for a purpose. Third, there is also a potential continuing supply of mercenaries as regular soldiers are demobilized. Instead, they massed a large army, hired mercenaries, and attacked both places at once. In 1640, he inherited an army made up of mercenaries who lacked loyalty in the best of times. Machiavelli goes on to specify that armies are basically of two types: hired mercenaries and citizen militias. It is hard to believe that the country would hire foreign mercenaries for military and daily operations. Before he fell, he raised the grenade launcher and pointed it at the small army of mercenaries and undead. Is the Pentagon privatizing the military or is it simply hiring mercenaries? Synonyms soldier of fortune, professional soldier, hired soldier, hireling private army informal merc, hired gun historical freelance, condottiere archaic adventurer, lance-knight 1.1 A person primarily motivated by personal gain. cricket's most infamous mercenary Example sentencesExamples So right now I have to get the Aberdeen team playing a lot better than they are now, stay around for a while and show that I am a rugby person, and not a mercenary. Moving from project to project, workers will become intellectual mercenaries. In these games you play as Bolton on a world tour as a mercenary for hire. Critics called him mercenary and his unhurried, self-possessed manner could make him unfathomable. Richardson pits this code explicitly against Matilda's nefarious campaign to sign Gerald on as her personal mercenary. Last Wednesday demonstrated that we have gone beyond the problems posed by the West Lothian Question proper and are now confronted by a contingent of rogue MPs who are as mercenary as they are unaccountable. NZPundit seems to think that my comments on mercenaries apply to people like this man. I enjoy being totally mercenary about supporting people I like in print. The first, clause 7, relates to recruiting a person to be a mercenary, and I guess that is something. They are political mercenaries, hired because they can keep ministers at arms' length from the media and the less savoury side of politics. Derivatives mercenariness noun ˈməːsɪn(ə)rɪnəsˈmərs(ə)nˌɛrinəs But alas, the mercenariness prevalent in our game will ensure that the high turnover of personnel at the Jags will rise exponentially with the club's success. Example sentencesExamples What dismayed me the most about the exchanges on the website was the display of simple, raw mercenariness among new lawyers just entering the profession. My immediate reaction, however, was to despair of the sheer mercenariness of it all. The lack of mercenariness was a distinctive feature of this brilliant practical surgeon. Everything hinges on a young woman's disguise as a chevalier, ostensibly to witness first-hand the mercenariness of a potential husband, Lelio. Origin Late Middle English (as a noun): from Latin mercenarius 'hireling', from merces, merced- 'reward'. Definition of mercenary in US English: mercenary adjectiveˈmərsəˌnɛriˈmərsəˌnerē (of a person or their behavior) primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics. she's nothing but a mercenary little gold digger Example sentencesExamples You know, these men are over there and women are over there as volunteers, but they're not over there as mercenary volunteers. Even in this mercenary age, with the entire football agenda being driven by money, that might be too much for the clubs concerned to contemplate. Not unconnected with these two mercenary characters are the Cohens, the family with whom the saintly Mordecai lodges. Talk about good times for it's mercenary culture. They are both mercenary worlds where relationships are only relative to the next rung on the ladder of success. And yet their aims are no less self-serving and their interests no less mercenary than those of any other union. These cameras may have been launched with improved road safety in mind but they've been hijacked for mercenary reasons. Canadians, I truly believe, are not mercenary beings. When the public purse snapped shut, they resorted to ever more mercenary ways of earning a crust. She married him for purely mercenary reasons because she was a single mother with no means of support. In case that sounds completely mercenary he's also an old friend, and it would be good to see him again. I decided I couldn't be pressed like this, the third job involved no relocation and would be better for my CV, if you want to look at it in purely mercenary terms. We positively celebrate mercenary motives these days in most areas of life. But in this day and age, with so many mercenary lawyers around, talking libel and slander, you cannot even speak ill of the living without caution. In his writing on India, Marx shows himself under no illusions concerning the brutal and mercenary nature of British rule. It becomes an authentic spiritual experience only if it is totally free from selfish and mercenary interests on the part of those who facilitate it. I don't mean to mischaracterize what you're saying, but it makes it sound like Americans are very mercenary. It'll probably be merchandised like hell, but it definitely feels less mercenary than a lot of other children's entertainment. An investor is very much afraid of the slow and mercenary courts, and of the factors of corruption and crime. But not before John had his fill of mercenary musicianship. Synonyms money-oriented, grasping, greedy, acquisitive, avaricious, covetous, rapacious, bribable, venal, materialistic nounˈmərsəˌnɛriˈmərsəˌnerē 1A professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army. Example sentencesExamples For the most part, when war was deemed necessary they hired mercenaries to do the fighting. Before he fell, he raised the grenade launcher and pointed it at the small army of mercenaries and undead. Being in the Army, the mercenary had maps of every conceivable place on the planet. Six years ago, he became a mercenary for a private military corporation. The player is always a soldier, a mercenary on the player's base. The profession of mercenary is one of the oldest in the world. She was a soldier, a mercenary, a spy on a mission to save the world. No doubt the bowman is a mercenary hired by my former Sergeant-of-Arms. Instead, they massed a large army, hired mercenaries, and attacked both places at once. In 1640, he inherited an army made up of mercenaries who lacked loyalty in the best of times. It is hard to believe that the country would hire foreign mercenaries for military and daily operations. I am placing an ad in Soldier of Fortune magazine to hire a mercenary to kill me at this very moment. In addition, she keeps a small army of mercenaries and slaves to be activated whenever she sees fit. Is the Pentagon privatizing the military or is it simply hiring mercenaries? Machiavelli goes on to specify that armies are basically of two types: hired mercenaries and citizen militias. He became a professional soldier, a mercenary, fighting wars and killing people and being completely detached from it all. Both risings were put down later in the summer, the royal forces being augmented by foreign mercenaries gathered for war against the Scots. Third, there is also a potential continuing supply of mercenaries as regular soldiers are demobilized. My father had no time for Ansgar, just because he had been a mercenary and a common soldier. Unlike mercenaries, soldiers need to know when they go to battle that they are going there for a purpose. Synonyms soldier of fortune, professional soldier, hired soldier, hireling 1.1 A person primarily concerned with material reward at the expense of ethics. the sport's most infamous mercenary Example sentencesExamples I enjoy being totally mercenary about supporting people I like in print. The first, clause 7, relates to recruiting a person to be a mercenary, and I guess that is something. So right now I have to get the Aberdeen team playing a lot better than they are now, stay around for a while and show that I am a rugby person, and not a mercenary. Critics called him mercenary and his unhurried, self-possessed manner could make him unfathomable. They are political mercenaries, hired because they can keep ministers at arms' length from the media and the less savoury side of politics. In these games you play as Bolton on a world tour as a mercenary for hire. NZPundit seems to think that my comments on mercenaries apply to people like this man. Richardson pits this code explicitly against Matilda's nefarious campaign to sign Gerald on as her personal mercenary. Moving from project to project, workers will become intellectual mercenaries. Last Wednesday demonstrated that we have gone beyond the problems posed by the West Lothian Question proper and are now confronted by a contingent of rogue MPs who are as mercenary as they are unaccountable. Origin Late Middle English (as a noun): from Latin mercenarius ‘hireling’, from merces, merced- ‘reward’.
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