mercenary in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
mercenary in Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ
mercenary in Kashmiri कॉशुर
mercenary in Marathi मराठी
mercenary in Sindhi سنڌي
mercenary in Telugu తెలుగు
mercenary in Urdu اُردُو
mercenary in English
- mercenary⇄adj. 1. working for money only; acting with money as the motive.
Ex. Such wretches are kept in pay by some mercenary bookseller (Oliver Goldsmith).
(SYN) hireling, grasping.
2. done for money or gain.
Ex. a mercenary marriage. - mercenary⇄mercenary, adjective, noun, pl.-naries.
- mercenary⇄noun 1. a soldier serving for pay in a foreign army.
Ex. Persia, Greece, and Rome all employed mercenaries, but mercenaries became most prominent from the 1200's to the 1500's, when Swiss and German soldiers were in great demand (Theodore Ropp).