All 5 Uses of
mercenary
in
Pride and Prejudice
- I should be sorry to think our friend mercenary.†
Chpt 27 *
- Pray, my dear aunt, what is the difference in matrimonial affairs, between the mercenary and the prudent motive?†
Chpt 27
- Last Christmas you were afraid of his marrying me, because it would be imprudent; and now, because he is trying to get a girl with only ten thousand pounds, you want to find out that he is mercenary.†
Chpt 27
- He shall be mercenary, and she shall be foolish.†
Chpt 27
- His attentions to Miss King were now the consequence of views solely and hatefully mercenary; and the mediocrity of her fortune proved no longer the moderation of his wishes, but his eagerness to grasp at anything.†
Chpt 36
Definition:
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(mercenary as in: a mercenary soldier) a person hired to fight for a country other than their own