mercenary
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mercenary /ˈməːsɪn(ə)ri/
▶adjective primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics. ▶noun (pl. mercenaries) a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.
– derivatives
mercenariness noun.
mercenariness noun.
– origin ME: from L. mercenarius ‘hireling’, from merces, merced- ‘reward’.
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