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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: mercenary (0.02080 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to mercenary.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: mercenary
mercenary
adj 1: marked by materialism [syn:
materialistic,
worldly-minded]
2: used of soldiers hired by a foreign army [syn:
mercenary(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,
moneymaking(a)]
n : a person hired to fight for another country than their own
[syn:
soldier of fortune]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Mercenary
Mercenary
\Mer"ce*na*ry\, a. [OE. mercenarie, F. mercenaire, fr.
L. mercenarius, fr. merces wages, reward. See
Mercy.]
1. Acting for reward; serving for pay; paid; hired; hireling;
venal; as, mercenary soldiers.
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2. Hence: Moved primarily by considerations of pay or profit;
greedy of gain; sordid; selfish. --Shak.
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For God forbid I should my papers blot
With mercenary lines, with servile pen. --Daniel.
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Syn: See
Venal.
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Mercenary
\Mer"ce*na*ry\, n.; pl.
Mercenaries.
One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired
into foreign service. --Milman.
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