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Acting for reward; serving for pay; paid; hired; hireling; venal; as, mercenary soldiers.

Hackneyed; hired; mercenary. Wakefield. Hack writer, a hack; one who writes for hire. "A vulgar hack writer." Macaulay.

Formerly, a mercenary foot soldier in Hungary, now, a halberdier of a Hungarian noble, or an attendant in German or Hungarian courts. [Written also hayduck, heiduc, heiduck, and heyduk.]

A mercenary or venal person. [U. S.]

s for wages; esp., one whose motive and interest in serving another are wholly gainful; a mercenary. "Lewd hirelings." Milton.

ho turns official or public business to private advantage; hence, one who performs low or mercenary work in office, politics, or intrigue.

A mercenary. [Obs.]

In a mercenary manner.

The quality or state of being mercenary; venality. Boyle.

A base hireling; a mercenary; one who offers himself to infamous employments for hire. No hireling she, no prostitute to praise. Pope.

Acting from mercenary considerations; stipendiary. A. Seward.

or other valuable consideration; made matter of trade or barter; held for sale; salable; mercenary; purchasable; hireling; as, venal services. " Paid court to venal beauties." Macaulay. The venal cry and prepared vote of a passive senate. Burke.

One who makes ar a trade or business; a mercenary. [R.] Spenser.