soldier of fortune

noun

A noncommissioned soldier willing to serve any state or person who will hire them.

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Meanings

nounsoldier of fortune (plural soldiers of fortune)

plural soldiers of fortune

  1. A noncommissioned soldier willing to serve any state or person who will hire them.

    Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the A-Team.

    1983-1987, The A-Team (television production), spoken by Narrator (John Ashley)

    Synonyms: mercenary, adventurer, bravo, condottiere, filibuster, freebooter, freelance, free companion

  2. broadlyfigurativelyA person willing to work for or ally themself with any person or institution who will hire them.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA noncommissioned soldier willing to serve any state or person who will hire them.

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More synonyms by meaning

nouna person hired to fight for another country than their own

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mercenary
Broader
adventurerventurer
Also see
filibusterfreelancemercmercenary

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Finnish palkkasoturi
  • palkkasoturimercenary
French mercenaire
  • mercenairemercenary
German Glücksritter, Söldner
  • Glücksrittermercenary
  • Söldnermercenary
Greek μισθοφόρος, τυχοδιώκτης
  • μισθοφόρος (misthofóros)mercenary
  • τυχοδιώκτης (tychodióktis)mercenary
Irish amhas
  • amhasmercenary
Italian soldato di ventura
  • soldato di venturamercenary
Polish najemnik, najemniczka
  • najemnikmercenary
  • najemniczkamercenary
Romanian mercenar
  • mercenarmercenary
Russian наёмник, солда́т уда́чи
  • наёмник (najómnik)mercenary
  • солда́т уда́чи (soldát udáči)mercenary
  • солда́т форту́ны (soldát fortúny)mercenary
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Chicago

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