soldier of fortune
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
soldier of fortune (plural soldiers of fortune)
- A non-commissioned soldier willing to serve any state or person who will hire him.
- Synonyms: mercenary; see also Thesaurus:mercenary
- 1983-1987, The A-Team (television production), spoken by Narrator (John Ashley):
- Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the A-Team.
- (figuratively, by extension) A person willing to work for or ally himself with any person or institution who will take him on.
Translations[edit]
mercenary
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See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “soldier of fortune”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “soldier of fortune”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.