Definitions for mercenary

mercenary mer·ce·nar·y

Spelling: [mur-suh-ner-ee]
IPA: /ˈmɜr səˌnɛr i/

Mercenary is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 273 anagrams from letters in mercenary (aceemnrry).

Definitions for mercenary

adjective

  1. working or acting merely for money or other reward; venal.
  2. hired to serve in a foreign army, guerrilla organization, etc.

noun

  1. a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.
  2. any hireling.

Origin of mercenary

1350-1400; Middle English mercenarie Latin mercēnnārius working for pay, hired worker, mercenary, perhaps, representing earlier *mercēd(i)nārius, equivalent to *mercēdin-, stem of *mercēdō, a

Examples for mercenary

A dreamy, blue-eyed rebel is approached by a mercenary wearing a scary mask.

By mid-to-late evening, there was overwhelming evidence that Russia was using a mix of mercenary and conscript forces.

Is it that I am honored by having this mercenary drunkard for a husband?

“I did not have enough money to bribe the judge, so I decided to become a mercenary,” Mozhayev told a local reporter.

They resolved to collect bodies of mercenary troops, both infantry and horse.

De Launay was rich, of course, but he did not believe that mademoiselle was mercenary.

As a former agent himself, Horrigan hopes to disabuse renters of the notion that brokers are mercenary con artists.

But let us not waste time or thought on commercial or mercenary craft.

The scene ends with a Street Fighter-like battle between Captain America and a mercenary.

But the most objectionable thing in the mass is its mercenary character.

Word Value for mercenary
Scrable

16

Words with friends

18

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