1. [n]  a person hired to fight for another country than their own
2. [adj]  profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business"
3. [adj]  marked by materialism

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1. \Mer"ce*na*ry\, a. [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}.
   

2. \Mer"ce*na*ry\, n.; pl. {Mercenaries}.
   One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired
   into foreign service. --Milman.