"soldier of fortune" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: soldiers of fortune [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|soldiers of fortune}} soldier of fortune (plural soldiers of fortune)
  1. A non-commissioned soldier willing to serve any state or person who will hire him. Categories (topical): Occupations, People Synonyms: mercenary, mercenary Related terms: fortune hunter Translations (mercenary): palkkasoturi (Finnish), mercenaire [masculine] (French), Glücksritter [masculine] (German), Söldner [formal, masculine] (German), μισθοφόρος (misthofóros) [masculine] (Greek), τυχοδιώκτης (tychodióktis) [masculine] (Greek), soldato di ventura [masculine] (Italian), najemnik [masculine] (Polish), mercenar [masculine] (Romanian), наёмник (najómnik) [masculine] (Russian), солда́т уда́чи (soldát udáči) [masculine] (Russian), солда́т форту́ны (soldát fortúny) [masculine] (Russian), ялчы (yalçı) (Tatar)
    Sense id: en-soldier_of_fortune-en-noun-l-xgXU9o Disambiguation of Occupations: 68 32 Disambiguation of People: 85 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 77 23 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 73 27 Disambiguation of 'mercenary': 91 9
  2. (figuratively, by extension) A person willing to work for or ally himself with any person or institution who will take him on. Tags: broadly, figuratively
    Sense id: en-soldier_of_fortune-en-noun-4VA4eKTI

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