soldier of fortune

Examples

• All

• People used to call us mercenaries, guns for hire, soldiers of fortune.

  Sector 4: Extraction (2014)

• All my life, I've been a soldier of fortune.

  The Devil's Tomb (2009)

• Today, still wanted by the government... they survive as soldiers of fortune.

  Long Pigs (2007)

• Are you not a little old to be a soldier of fortune?

  Old Gringo (1989)

• Could he be a soldier of fortune?

  Three Days of the Condor (1975)

• Woman, I'm a soldier of fortune.

  The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption (2012)

• I'm a hired gun, a soldier of fortune.

  Phoenix (2023)

• They are soldiers of fortune, Mr. Secretary.

  Zombie Massacre (2013)

• It will force them into an alliance with the infamous soldier of fortune, Nicomo Cosca, a man who should never be trusted.

  Blog text (29)

• A man calling himself a freelance private eye and soldier of fortune says he helped the women conceal their identities and relocate to where he is forbidden to disclose, but rest assured they are alive and well, enjoying lucrative careers in finance.

  Fiction book (1996)

Synonyms

M

mercenary

vssoldier of fortune

97 8.3

A person who is paid to fight for a foreign army

adds an adventurous, wanderer image beyond strictly hired combat role

M

merc

vssoldier of fortune

• Jargon

6 9.8

A person hired to fight for money

is more adventurous and romanticized than the plain informal label

L

Landsknecht

vssoldier of fortune

9.9

A person who works for whoever pays most and cares only about money

is the literal term for a paid combatant rather than a figurative label

Antonyms

P

patriot

224 3.5

Someone who loves and supports their country and is ready to serve it

L

loyalist

42 4.8

A person who supports a government, leader, or cause during a revolt

How Mercenary

soldier of fortune

3 7.9

Landsknecht

9.9

hireling

• Offensive

2 8.6

self-seeker

• Offensive

7.7

opportunist

27 5.9

idealist

33 5.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology