English-Thai Dictionary

mercenary

ADJ ซึ่ง รับจ้าง  ซึ่ง เป็น ลูกจ้าง  sueng-rab-jang

 

mercenary

N ผู้รับจ้าง  ลูกจ้าง  legionnaire laborer professional soldier phu-rab-jan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MERCENARY

a.[L. mercenarius, from merces, reward, wages, mercor, to guy. ] 1. Venal; that may be hired; actuated by the hope of reward; moved by the love of money; as a mercenary prince or judge.
2. Hired; purchased by money; as mercenary services; mercenary soldiers.
3. Sold for money; as mercenary blood.
4. Greedy of gain; mean; selfish; as a mercenary disposition.
5. Contracted from motives of gain; as a mercenary marriage.

 

MERCENARY

n.One who is hired; a soldier that is hired into foreign service; a hireling.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MERCENARY

Mer "ce *na *ry, a. Etym: [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.

 

2. Hence: Moved by considerations of pay or profit; greedy of gain; sordid; selfish. Shak. For God forbid I should my papers blot With mercenary lines, with servile pen. Daniel.

 

Syn. -- See Venal.

 

MERCENARY

Mer "ce *na *ry, n.; pl. Mercenaries (.

 

Defn: One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired into foreign service. Milman.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

mercenary

mer ce nar y |ˈmərsəˌnerē ˈmərsnˌɛri | ▶adjective derogatory (of a person or their behavior ) primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics: she's nothing but a mercenary little gold digger. ▶noun ( pl. mercenaries ) a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army. • a person primarily concerned with material reward at the expense of ethics: the sport's most infamous mercenary. DERIVATIVES mer ce nar i ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (as a noun ): from Latin mercenarius ‘hireling, ’ from merces, merced- ‘reward. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

mercenary

mercenary |ˈməːsɪn (ə )ri | ▶adjective primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics: she's nothing but a mercenary little gold-digger. ▶noun ( pl. mercenaries ) a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army. • a person primarily motivated by personal gain: cricket's most infamous mercenary. DERIVATIVES mercenariness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (as a noun ): from Latin mercenarius ‘hireling ’, from merces, merced- ‘reward ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

mercenary

mercenary adjective 1 mercenary self-interest: money-oriented, grasping, greedy, acquisitive, avaricious, covetous, bribable, venal, materialistic; informal money-grubbing. 2 mercenary soldiers: hired, paid, bought, professional. ▶noun a group of mercenaries: soldier of fortune, professional soldier, hired soldier, gunman; informal hired gun; historical condottiere.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

mercenary

mercenary adjective 1 research suggests that buyers are unashamedly mercenary: money-oriented, grasping, greedy, acquisitive, avaricious, covetous, rapacious, bribable, venal, materialistic; informal money-grubbing. ANTONYMS altruistic, philanthropic. 2 mercenary soldiers: hired, paid, bought, professional, venal, hireling; historical freelance. ▶noun a force of two thousand mercenaries: soldier of fortune, professional soldier, hired soldier, hireling; private army; informal merc, hired gun; historical freelance, condottiere; archaic adventurer, lance-knight. ANTONYMS volunteer; conscript.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

mercenary

mer ce nar y /mə́ː r s (ə )nèri |-n (ə )ri /名詞 複 -ies C 1 (外国人 )傭兵 （ようへい ）.2 金目当ての人 .形容詞 ｟非難して ｠金目当ての .