| Noun | 1. | mercenary - a person hired to fight for another country than their ownninja - a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu | |
| Adj. | 1. | mercenary - marked by materialismworldly - characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world; "worldly goods and advancement" | |
| 2. | mercenary - used of soldiers hired by a foreign armypaid - marked by the reception of pay; "paid work"; "a paid official"; "a paid announcement"; "a paid check" | |
| 3. | mercenary - profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business"commercial - connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises; "commercial trucker"; "commercial TV"; "commercial diamonds" | |