Overview of noun mercenary

The noun mercenary has 1 sense

• mercenary, soldier of fortune -- (a person hired to fight for another country than their own)

Overview of adj mercenary

The adj mercenary has 3 senses

• materialistic, mercenary, worldly-minded -- (marked by materialism)


• mercenary, free-lance, freelance -- (serving for wages in a foreign army; "mercenary killers")


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