Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mercenaries"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mercenary \Mer"ce*na*ry\, n.; pl. {Mercenaries}.
One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired
into foreign service. --Milman.
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