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- MERCENARY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of MERCENARY is one that serves merely for wages; especially : a soldier hired into foreign service How to use mercenary in a sentence
- MERCENARY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
MERCENARY definition: 1 interested only in the amount of money that you can get from a situation: 2 a soldier who… Learn more
- Mercenary - Wikipedia
A mercenary ( ˈmɜːr sə nɛr i , MUR-sə-nerr-ee) is a private individual who joins an armed conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any other official military [1][2] Mercenaries fight for money or other forms of payment rather than for political interests Beginning in the 20th century, mercenaries have increasingly come to be seen
- MERCENARY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
4 meanings: 1 influenced by greed or desire for gain 2 of or relating to a mercenary or mercenaries 3 a person hired to Click for more definitions
- Mercenary | Private Military Contractors, Conflict Zones Insurgency . . .
Mercenary, hired professional soldier who fights for any state or nation without regard to political interests or issues From the earliest days of organized warfare until the development of political standing armies in the mid-17th century, governments frequently supplemented their military forces
- mercenary, n. adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English . . .
The earliest known use of the word mercenary is in the Middle English period (1150—1500) OED's earliest evidence for mercenary is from around 1387–95, in the writing of Geoffrey Chaucer, poet and administrator
- Mercenary - definition of mercenary by The Free Dictionary
Define mercenary mercenary synonyms, mercenary pronunciation, mercenary translation, English dictionary definition of mercenary adj 1 Motivated solely by a desire for monetary or material gain
- mercenary - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
For that is the characteristic of a mercenary, who acts through interest, rather than of an affectionate child who acts through love There is a great difference, say they, between the service of a slave, the service of a mercenary or hireling, and the service of a child
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