mercenary

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mercenary (comparative more mercenary, superlative most mercenary)

Positive
mercenary

Comparative
more mercenary

Superlative
most mercenary

  1. motivated by private gain

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Singular
mercenary

Plural
mercenaries

mercenary (plural mercenaries)

  1. A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose prime or sole motivation is private gain.

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