mercenary
معنی فارسی
مزد بگير مزدور پولي اجير پولکي سرباز اجير شده
معنی کامل و مثالها
/mu_r´sǝ ner´ē/adj.,n., pl.
● سرباز مزدور، نبرد پیشه
the officers were Roman but most of the soldiers were foreign mercenaries
افسران، رومی بودند ولی بیشتر سربازان مزدوران خارجی بودند.
● (کسی که برای پول هر کاری میکند) مزدور، خریدنی، آزمند، پولکی، پولدوست، مزدوروار، آزمندانه
a mercenary doctor who pays more attention to money than to his patients
پزشک آزمندی که به پول بیش از بیمارش توجه دارد
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Latin 'mercenarius', from 'merces' (wages).
مثال
- The mercenary fought for whichever side paid the most.
- The company hired a group of mercenaries to protect their assets.
- He was accused of being a mercenary politician, only interested in personal gain.
ترکیبهای رایج
Mercenary soldier Mercenary group Mercenary army Mercenary tactics
تعریف انگلیسی
- serving for wages in a foreign army “mercenary killers”
- marked by materialism
- profit oriented “a commercial book” “preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan” “a mercenary enterprise” “a moneymaking business”
مترادفها
I. adjective
1. Hired, purchased, paid, hireling, venal.
2. Sordid, avaricious, covetous, penurious, parsimonious, stingy, miserly, niggardly, mean, selfish, close.
3. Selfish, sordid.
II. noun
Hireling.