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mercenary |
Grep of noun mercenary mercenary Overview of noun mercenary The noun mercenary has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) mercenary, soldier of fortune -- (a person hired to fight for another country than their own) Overview of adj mercenary The adj mercenary has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. materialistic, mercenary, worldly-minded -- (marked by materialism) 2. mercenary, freelance -- (used of soldiers hired by a foreign army) 3. mercantile, mercenary, moneymaking -- (profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business") Antonyms of adj mercenary 3 senses of mercenary Sense 1 materialistic, mercenary, worldly-minded INDIRECT (VIA worldly) -> unworldly Sense 2 mercenary(postnominal), freelance(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA paid) -> unpaid Sense 3 mercantile, mercenary, moneymaking(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA commercial) -> noncommercial Similarity of adj mercenary 3 senses of mercenary Sense 1 materialistic, mercenary, worldly-minded => worldly (vs. unworldly) Sense 2 mercenary(postnominal), freelance(postnominal) => paid (vs. unpaid) Sense 3 mercantile, mercenary, moneymaking(postnominal) => commercial (vs. noncommercial) Attributes of adj mercenary Familiarity of adj mercenary mercenary used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj mercenary mercenary unmercenary Overview of noun mercenary The noun mercenary has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) mercenary, soldier of fortune -- (a person hired to fight for another country than their own) Overview of adj mercenary The adj mercenary has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. materialistic, mercenary, worldly-minded -- (marked by materialism) 2. mercenary, freelance -- (used of soldiers hired by a foreign army) 3. mercantile, mercenary, moneymaking -- (profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business")
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