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Meaning of mercenary

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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