mercenary

Noun
  1. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (synset 110329281)
    is a type of: adventurer, venturer - a person who enjoys taking risks
    subtypes: ninja - a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu
    same as: soldier of fortune
Adjective
  1. Marked by materialism (synset 302588345)
    similar to: secular, temporal, worldly - characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
    same as: materialistic, worldly-minded
  2. Serving for wages in a foreign army (synset 301713534)
    "mercenary killers"
    similar to: paid - marked by the reception of pay
    same as: free-lance, freelance
  3. Profit oriented (synset 300485804)
    "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business"
    similar to: commercial - connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises
    same as: mercantile, moneymaking

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