SOLDIER OF FORTUNE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does soldier of fortune mean? 

• SOLDIER OF FORTUNE (noun)
  The noun SOLDIER OF FORTUNE has 1 sense:

1. a person hired to fight for another country than their own

  Familiarity information: SOLDIER OF FORTUNE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOLDIER OF FORTUNE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person hired to fight for another country than their own

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

mercenary; soldier of fortune

Hypernyms ("soldier of fortune" is a kind of...):

adventurer; venturer (a person who enjoys taking risks)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "soldier of fortune"):

ninja (a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu)