Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - mercenary
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Mercenary
mercenary
(mercenaries) 1. A mercenary is a soldier who is paid to fight by a country or group that they do not belong to. N-COUNT 2. If you describe someone as mercenary, you are criticizing them because you think that they are only interested in the money that they can get from a particular person or situation. ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval
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I. noun (plural -naries) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin mercenarius, irregular from merced-, merces wages — more at mercy Date: 14th century one that serves merely for wages; especially a soldier hired into foreign service II. adjective Date: 1532 1. serving merely for pay or sordid advantage ; venal; also greedy 2. hired for service in the army of a foreign country • mercenarily adverb • mercenariness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. & n. --adj. primarily concerned with money or other reward (mercenary motives). --n. (pl. -ies) a hired soldier in foreign service. Derivatives mercenariness n. Etymology: ME f. L mercenarius f. merces -edis reward ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. наемный солдат, наемник 2. корыстный; торгашеский mercenary politicians —- корыстные (продажные) политиканы mercenary marriage —- брак по расчету to act from mercenary motives —- действовать из корыстных побуждений 3. наемный ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~1 n a soldier who fights for any country or group that is willing to pay him (The Emperor hired an army of Saxon mercenaries.) ~2 adj only interested in money, and not caring about whether your actions are right or wrong or about the effect of your actions on other people (It's a purely mercenary relationship, not a friendship.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1390, from L. mercennarius "one who does anything for pay," from merces (gen. mercedis) "pay, reward, wages." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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