Both Uses of
mercenary
in
Middlemarch
- Think no unfair evil of her, pray: she had no wicked plots, nothing sordid or mercenary; in fact, she never thought of money except as something necessary which other people would always provide.†
Chpt 3
- The gold-headed cane is farcical considered as an acknowledgment to me; but happily I am above mercenary considerations.†
Chpt 4 *
Definition:
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(mercenary as in: a mercenary soldier) a person hired to fight for a country other than their own