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Showing words for MERCENARY using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Mercenary

mercenary

8 Letter Words for Mercenary

creamery

7 Letter Words for Mercenary

acremen, amercer, creamer, errancy, mayence, menacer, mercery, mycenae, myrcene, remercy, yearner

6 Letter Words for Mercenary

amener, amerce, camery, careen, career, careme, carene, carmen, carree, craner, craney, crayer, creamy, crenae, cymene, earner, enarme, enrace, marree, meaner, menace, mercer, nearer, raceme, rancer, reamer, recane, reearn, rename, yarner

5 Letter Words for Mercenary

ameen, amene, ancre, arere, armer, arnee, caner, carer, carey, carne, carny, carry, cerer, cerne, crame, crane, crany, crare, craye, cream, creem, creen, creme, crena, cymar, emane, emery, enarm, enema, enemy, enray, eyrar, eyren, eyrer, macer, maney, marry, meane, meany, meare, merce, mercy, merer, merry, nacre, nacry, namer, narre, racer, ramee, ramen, rance, ranee, rayne, reame, reamy, rearm, reman, remen, renay, reney, reran, yamen, yarer, yearn, yemen

4 Letter Words for Mercenary

acer, acme, acne, acre, amen, ance, anre, aren, army, ayen, ayme, ayne, ayre, came, cane, cany, care, carn, carr, cene, cera, cere, cern, cram, cran, cray, cyan, cyma, cyme, earn, emer, enam, ency, erer, erme, erne, eyen, eyer, eyne, eyra, eyre, mace, mane, many, marc, mare, mary, mean, mear, meer, mene, meny, merc, mere, mrna, myna, nace, name, narc, nare, narr, nary, near, neem, neer, nema, race, racy, rame, rane, rare, ream, rean, rear, reem, reen, reny, ryen, ryme, yare, yarm, yarn, yarr, yean, year, yere, yern, ymca

3 Letter Words for Mercenary

ace, acy, aer, ame, amy, anc, ane, any, arc, are, arm, arn, arr, ary, aye, ayr, cam, can, car, cay, cee, cen, cer, cry, eam, ean, ear, ecm, eec, een, eer, eme, enc, ene, era, ere, ern, err, eye, eyn, eyr, mac, mae, man, mar, may, mea, mee, men, mer, mna, mya, myc, nae, nam, nar, nay, nea, nee, nye, ram, ran, ray, rea, rec, ree, rem, rna, rya, rye, yam, yan, yar, yea, yee, yen, yer

Definitions for Mercenary

[1] working or acting merely for money or other reward; venal.
[2] hired to serve in a foreign army, guerrilla organization, etc.
[3] a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.
[4] any hireling.
[5] influenced by greed or desire for gain
[6] of or relating to a mercenary or mercenaries
[7] a man hired to fight for a foreign army, etc
[8] rare any person who works solely for pay

Words related to Mercenary

selfish, unscrupulous, acquisitive, warrior, grasping, hireling, slave, legionnaire, avaricious, corrupt, covetous, miserly, sordid, stingy, unethical, unprincipled, venal, grabby, money-grubbing, merc

Words nearby Mercenary

mercator projection, mercator sailing, mercator track, merced, mercedes, mercenary, mercer, mercer island, mercerize, mercery, merch

Origin of Mercenary

1350–1400; Middle English mercenarie < Latin mercēnnārius working for pay, hired worker, mercenary, perhaps, representing earlier *mercēd(i)nārius, equivalent to *mercēdin-, stem of *mercēdō, a by-form of mercēs, stem mercēd- payment, wage (akin to merx goods; cf. merchant) + -ārius -ary

Other words from Mercenary

mer·ce·nar·i·ly [mur-suh -nair -uh -lee, mur -suh -ner-] /ˌmɜr səˈnɛər ə li, ˈmɜr səˌnɛr-/ , adverb
mer·ce·nar·i·ness , noun
non·mer·cen·ar·y , adjective, noun, plural non·mer·cen·ar·ies.
un·mer·ce·nar·i·ly , adverb
un·mer·ce·nar·i·ness , noun
un·mer·ce·nar·y , adjective

Word origin for Mercenary

C16: from Latin mercēnārius, from mercēs wages

Synonyms for Mercenary

acquisitive, selfish, unscrupulous, grasping, avaricious, bribable, corrupt, covetous, grabby, miserly, money-grubbing, sordid, stingy, unethical, unprincipled, venal