1. (

• mercenary ,
• soldier_of_fortune

) a person hired to fight for another country than their own ;

1. (

• materialistic ,
• mercenary ,
• worldly-minded

) marked by materialism ;

2. (

• mercenary ,
• free-lance ,
• freelance

) serving for wages in a foreign army; "mercenary killers" ;

3. (

• mercantile ,
• mercenary ,
• moneymaking

) profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business" ;