MERCENARY
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Traducere: română
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Mer"ce*na*ry (?), a. [OE. mercenarie, F. mercenaire, fr. L. mercenarius, fr. merces wages, reward. See Mercy.] 1. Acting for reward; serving for pay; paid; hired; hireling; venal; as, mercenary soldiers.
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2. 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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Mer"ce*na*ry (?), n.; pl. Mercenaries (&unr_;). One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired into foreign service. Milman.
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