mercenario — meaning in English

English meaning

• freelance noun A person who works independently for different clients rather than being employed long-term by one company.
• mercenary noun A soldier who fights for pay rather than out of loyalty to a country or cause.

Senses

mercenario is used for these senses in English:

• freelance (historical) A medieval mercenary.
• mercenary Motivated by personal gain.
• mercenary A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose primary motivation is private gain.

freelance — full definition

1. noun A person who works independently for different clients rather than being employed long-term by one company.
2. adj Working independently for various clients rather than under a single employer.
3. verb To work independently for multiple clients rather than as a permanent employee.

mercenary — full definition

1. noun A soldier who fights for pay rather than out of loyalty to a country or cause.
2. noun Someone motivated chiefly by money or personal profit.
3. adj Motivated purely by money or personal gain.

Related Italian words