Mercenary: alternatives and connections

Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relations.

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Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relations.

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Receiving pay; compensated; hired; as, a paid attorney.

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Receiving pay; compensated; hired; as, a paid attorney.

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Coming or observed once in an age or a century.

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Coming or observed once in an age or a century.

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Of or pertaining to the temple or temples; as, the temporal bone; a temporal artery.

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Of or pertaining to the temple or temples; as, the temporal bone; a temporal artery.

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Relating to the world; human; common; as, worldly maxims; worldly actions.

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Relating to the world; human; common; as, worldly maxims; worldly actions.

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One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises.

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One who ventures, or puts to hazard; an adventurer.

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Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relations.

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Alt. of Materialistical

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Of or pertaining to merchants, or the business of merchants; having to do with trade, or the buying and selling of commodities; commercial.

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Devoted to worldly interests; mindful of the affairs of the present life, and forgetful of those of the future; loving and pursuing this world's good…

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