mercenary person
1mercenary — adj Mercenary, hireling, venal, hack are comparable though not closely synonymous terms when they are applied to persons, or their acts, services, or products with the meaning actuated or motivated chiefly by a desire for profit. Mercenary… …
2mercenary — [adj] greedy for money acquisitive, avaricious, bribable, corrupt, covetous, grabby, grasping, miserly, money grubbing, selfish, sordid, stingy, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous, venal; concept 401 Ant. generous, unselfish mercenary [n]… …
3mercenary — [mʉr′sə ner΄ē] adj. [L mercenarius < merces, pay, wages, akin to merx: see MARKET] 1. working or done for payment only; motivated by a desire for money or other gain; venal; greedy 2. designating a soldier serving for pay in a foreign army;… …
4Mercenary — For other uses, see Mercenary (disambiguation). Leonardo da Vinci s Il Condottieri, 1480. Condottieri being the Late Middle Age Through Renaissance term for Mercenary soldier leader(s) in Italian. A Mercenary, also known as a professional soldier …
5mercenary — mer|ce|na|ry1 [ˈmə:sənəri US ˈmə:rsəneri] n plural mercenaries [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: mercenarius, from merces payment for work ; MERCY] a soldier who fights for any country or group that will pay him ▪ an army of foreign mercenaries… …
6mercenary — [[t]mɜ͟ː(r)sənri, AM neri[/t]] mercenaries 1) N COUNT A mercenary is a soldier who is paid to fight by a country or group that they do not belong to. 2) ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as mercenary, you are criticizing them… …
7mercenary — 1. adjective /ˈmɜː(ɹ).sən.ə.ɹi,ˈmɜː(ɹ)ˌsn̩.ɹi,ˈmɜːrsəˌnɛri/ motivated by private gain Syn: greedy, venal 2. noun /ˈmɜː(ɹ).sən.ə.ɹi,ˈmɜː(ɹ)ˌsn̩.ɹi,ˈmɜːrsəˌnɛri/ A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a me …
8mercenary — mer·ce·nar·y || mÉœrsÉ™nerɪ / mÉœËsnrɪ n. hired worker; hired soldier; greedy person adj. of or pertaining to a desire for monetary gain; hired for service …
9UN Mercenary Convention — At the 72nd plenary meeting on 4 December 1989 the United Nations General Assembly passed resolution 44/34, the International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries. It entered into force on 20 October 2001 …
10huckster — hucksterism, n. hucksterish, adj. /huk steuhr/, n. 1. a retailer of small articles, esp. a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker. 2. a person who employs showy methods to effect a sale, win votes, etc.: the crass methods of political hucksters …