mercenary

Etymology
Borrowed from, from.

Noun

 * 1)  One motivated by gain, especially monetary.
 * 2) A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose primary motivation is private gain.
 * 3)  One hired to engage in a figurative battle, as a corporate takeover, a lawsuit, or a political campaign.
 * 1) A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose primary motivation is private gain.
 * 2)  One hired to engage in a figurative battle, as a corporate takeover, a lawsuit, or a political campaign.
 * 1) A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose primary motivation is private gain.
 * 2)  One hired to engage in a figurative battle, as a corporate takeover, a lawsuit, or a political campaign.
 * 1)  One hired to engage in a figurative battle, as a corporate takeover, a lawsuit, or a political campaign.
 * 1)  One hired to engage in a figurative battle, as a corporate takeover, a lawsuit, or a political campaign.
 * 1)  One hired to engage in a figurative battle, as a corporate takeover, a lawsuit, or a political campaign.
 * 1)  One hired to engage in a figurative battle, as a corporate takeover, a lawsuit, or a political campaign.

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:mercenary

Translations

 * Albanian: marrdhanës
 * Arabic: مُرْتَزِق, مُؤْجِر
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: muzdlu döyüşçü
 * Belarusian: наёмнік, наёмніца, наймі́т, наймі́тка
 * Bulgarian:, нае́мница, нае́мничка
 * Catalan:
 * Chechen:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 雇傭兵,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: dungosoldato
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: leiguhermaður
 * Finnish: palkkasotilas,
 * French:
 * Galician: mercenario
 * Georgian: დაქირავებული ჯარისკაცი
 * German:, , Mietsoldat ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: μισθοφόρος, ἐπίκουρος
 * Hebrew: שְׂכִיר חֶרֶב
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: tentara bayaran
 * Irish: amhas
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: жалдамашы, жалданба, жалданушы, жалшы
 * Khmer: ទាហានស៊ីឈ្នួល
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latin: mercēnārius
 * Latvian: algotnis
 * Lithuanian: samdinys
 * Macedonian: платеник, платеничка
 * Malay: askar upahan
 * Norman: mèrcénaithe
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: leigesoldat
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, najemnica
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пла̑ћенӣк, пла̑ћеница, на́јамнӣк, на́јамница
 * Roman: plȃćenīk, plȃćenica, ,
 * Slovak: žoldnier, žoldnierka
 * Slovene: plačanec,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: муздур, мардикор
 * Thai: ทหารรับจ้าง, ผู้รับจ้างรบ
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: на́йманець, на́йманка, найми́т, найми́тка
 * Uzbek: yollanma askar
 * Vietnamese: ,

Adjective

 * 1) Motivated by private gain.

Translations

 * Arabic: مُؤْجِر
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:, geldbelust
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: μισθοφόρος
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: mercenarius
 * Macedonian: користољу́бив
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: