Meaning of mercenary

Definition of mercenary

(adj) marked by materialism

serving for wages in a foreign army; "mercenary killers"

profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business"

(noun) a person hired to fight for another country than their own

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