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mercenary

Posted on December 8, 2015December 8, 2015 by admin

muhr sə neI ri

adjective

1. interested only in money and material gain.
He did not deny that he was mercenary and that he sought only to make money out of the war.
2. doing military service for pay alone, esp. in a foreign army.

noun

1. a soldier who fights for pay in a foreign army.
2. one who will do nearly anything for money; hireling.

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