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mercenary
has definitions from the fields of work,business,military
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[ noun ] (work) a person hired to fight for another country than their own
Synonyms Used in print (John Harnsberger and Robert P. Wilkins,...)The latter , members of two regiments of Swiss mercenaries transported by Great_Britain to Canada to fight the Americans in the War_of_1812 , had settled in Montreal and Kingston at the close of the war in 1815 . The mercenaries were little interested in farming and added nothing to the output of the farm plots on which all work was still done with hoes as late as 1818 . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (business) profit oriented
Synonyms Examples "a commercial book" "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan "a mercenary enterprise" "a moneymaking business" Related terms |
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