GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Mercenary , a. [OE. mercenarie, F. mercenaire, fr. L. mercenarius, fr. merces wages, reward. See Mercy.]
   Acting for reward; serving for pay; paid; hired; hireling; venal; as, mercenary soldiers.
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   Hence: Moved primarily by considerations of pay or profit; greedy of gain; sordid; selfish.
   Shak.
   
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   For God forbid I should my papers blot
   With mercenary lines, with servile pen.
   Daniel.
   
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   Syn. -- See Venal.
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   Mercenary , n.; pl. Mercenaries . One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired into foreign service.
   Milman.
   
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