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* Motivated solely by a desire for
monetary or material gain.
[Middle English mercenarie, a mercenary,
from Old French mercenaire, from Latin
mercnnrius, from mercs,
wages, price.]
mercenary
\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.
Definition:
\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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