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Mercenary word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "mercenary" word

[noun] a person hired to fight for another country than their own
[adjective] profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business"
[adjective] marked by materialism
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\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. 2. Hence: Moved by considerations of pay or profit; greedy of gain; sordid; selfish. --Shak. For God forbid I should my papers blot With mercenary lines, with servile pen. --Daniel. Syn: See {Venal}.
\Mer"ce*na*ry\, n.; pl. {Mercenaries}. One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired into foreign service. --Milman.

Synonyms for mercenary

commercial, materialistic, mercantile, moneymaking(a), soldier of fortune, worldly, worldly-minded

See also: adventurer | venturer |

Related terms: acquisitive, adventurer, bought, bribable, esurient, gluttonous, gobbling, grubber, hoggish, insatiable, leased, let, money-mad, predatory, purchasable, quenchless, slavey, subleased, unappeased, unsated, venal, worker

The fun area, different aproach to word »mercenary«

Let's analyse "mercenary" as pure text. This string has Nine letters in Four syllables and Three vowels (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: YRANECREM. Average typing speed for these characters is 2385 milliseconds. [info]

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Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: mercenary: 5 + 5 + 1 = 11, reduced: 11 (or 9 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is Eleven.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: mercenary: 4 + 5 + 9 + 3 + 5 + 5 + 1 + 9 + 7 = 48, reduced: 3, and the final result is Three.

Tarot cards

Letter Num. Tarot c. Intensity Meaning
A (1) 1 Magician Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
C (1) 3 Empress Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
E (2) 5 Hierophant Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
M (1) 13 Death Creator, Developer, Builder
N (1) 14 Temperance Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
R (2) 18 Moon Patient, Determined, Strong
Y (1) 25 Knight of Wands Brave, Daring, Bold, Charismatic, Brash

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