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unmercenary

unmercenary adjective: not mercenary.

Adjective

unmercenary (comparative more unmercenary, superlative most unmercenary)

  1. Not mercenary.

Noun

unmercenary (plural unmercenaries)

  1. A saint who performed good deeds without accepting payment.
    Synonyms:
    anargyros

Synonyms of unmercenary

Forms of unmercenary

Adjective
comparativemore unmercenary
superlativemost unmercenary
Noun
pluralunmercenaries

Origin of unmercenary

From un- + mercenary.

Words formed from unmercenary

Questions about unmercenary

What does unmercenary mean?
Unmercenary means not mercenary.
What part of speech is unmercenary?
Unmercenary can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near unmercenary in the dictionary

  1. unmentorable
  2. unmentored
  3. unmercantile
  4. unmercenaries
  5. unmercenariness
  6. unmercenary
  7. unmercerized
  8. unmerchantability
  9. unmerchantable
  10. unmerchantlike
  11. unmercied

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