Mercenaries - English meaning

Mercenaries – definitions in English dictionary

noun
A professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.
Usage examples:
He had planned to seize power with the aid of a group of mercenaries
Synonims:
Soldier of fortune Professional soldier Hired soldier Hireling Private army Merc Hired gun Freelance Condottiere Adventurer Lance-knight

adjective
Primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics.
Usage examples:
The crime was committed out of mercenary motives

Mercenaries translation into English

Mercenaries: translate from English into Chinese

雇佣兵

Mercenaries: translate from English into Dutch

Huurlingen

Mercenaries: translate from English into French

Mercenaires

Mercenaries: translate from English into German

Söldner

Mercenaries: translate from English into Hindi

आतंकवादियों

Mercenaries: translate from English into Italian

Mercenari

Mercenaries: translate from English into Korean

용병

Mercenaries: translate from English into Russian

Наемники

Mercenaries: translate from English into Spanish

Mercenarios

Word origin

late Middle English (as a noun): from Latin mercenarius ‘hireling’, from merces, merced- ‘reward’.

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Mercenaries synonims

adventurer

noun
A person who enjoys or seeks adventure.
Usage examples:
Every year adventurers attempt the canol trail using all manner of conveyances

Adventurer - all meanings in English

condottiere

noun
A leader or member of a troop of mercenaries, especially in italy.
Usage examples:
The situation reminds us of fifteenth-century italy, where casualty-averse mercenary condottieri co…

Condottiere - all meanings in English

freelance

adjective
Self-employed and hired to work for different companies on particular assignments.
Usage examples:
A freelance journalist

adverb
Earning one's living as a freelance.
Usage examples:
I work freelance from home

noun
A freelance worker.
Usage examples:
Casual staff, agency workers, freelances and home workers were among those considered only to have …

Freelance - all meanings in English

hireling

noun
A person employed to do menial work.
Usage examples:
The poorly paid hirelings in their shabby clothes

Hireling - all meanings in English

merc

noun
A mercenary soldier.
Usage examples:
After the crew of three mercs has been assigned, we're taken to the battlefield

noun
A mercedes car.
Usage examples:
A pale blue merc

noun
The chicago mercantile exchange, a market for commodities (= metals, farm products, etc.)
Usage examples:
On the merc, the natural gas contract closed down 0.3%.

Merc - all meanings in English

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