mercenary

adj 1: marked by materialism [syn: {materialistic}, {worldly-minded}]

2: used of soldiers hired by a foreign army [syn: {mercenary(a)},

{freelance(a)}]

3: profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile

and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary

enterprise"; "a moneymaking business" [syn: {mercantile},

{moneymaking(a)}]

n : a person hired to fight for another country than their own

[syn: {soldier of fortune}]