Definitions for MERCENARIES
mer·ce·nar·ies

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1. mercenariesnoun

   Plural form of mercenary.

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1. mercenaries

   A mercenary, sometimes also known as a soldier of fortune or hired gun, is a private individual that joins a military conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any other official military. 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 as less entitled to protections by rules of war than non-mercenaries. The Geneva Conventions declare that mercenaries are not recognized as legitimate combatants and do not have to be granted the same legal protections as captured service personnel of the armed forces. In practice, whether or not a person is a mercenary may be a matter of degree, as financial and political interests may overlap.

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1. Mercenaries

   of Mercenary

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1. Mercenaries

   Mercenaries are an important part of the BattleTech fictional universe; the Inner Sphere and Periphery have many private military companies. As the various mercenary factions are independent and competing businesses, it is quite rare for them to work as a faction together. Nonetheless, some of the companies are quite powerful and their actions have influenced the history of the known universe.

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1. Mercenaries

   originally hired soldiers as distinguished from feudal levies, now bodies of foreign troops in the service of the State; the Scots Guards in France from the 15th to 18th centuries were famous, and Swiss auxiliaries once belonged to most European armies; William III. had Dutch mercenaries in England; under the Georges, German were hired and were used in the American War, the Irish rebellion, and the Napoleonic struggle; in the Crimean War German, Swiss, and Italian were enrolled.

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1. mercenaries

   Soldiers serving for pay in a foreign service.

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1. Mercenaries

   From the Latin mercer, wages, reward. These hired soldiers of antiquity figured largely in the Punic Wars.

How to pronounce MERCENARIES?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of MERCENARIES in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of MERCENARIES in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of MERCENARIES in a Sentence

1. Ali Abdullah Saleh:

   There will be no dialogue with the mercenaries who are seeking power ... there will only be dialogue with the Saudi regime.

2. Theodore Karasik:

   It appears that Russia has opened 14 mercenary recruitment centers in Syria in territories controlled by the regime of Bashar al-Assad (Damascus, Aleppo, Hama, Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor), after a short training, the mercenaries will be transported to Russia through the Khmeimim Air Base by two Tu-134 (up to 80 passengers) and Tu-154 (up to 180 passengers) aircraft to the Chkalovsky Air Base, Moscow region.

3. James Scott:

   In this cyberwar, industry is on their own and must combat nation states, cyber mercenaries, cyber caliphate and other actors via layered security laced with intelligent machines.

4. Vladimir Osechkin:

   Many in Moscow are really afraid of Prigozhin, they understand that he commands a huge gang – an organized criminal group of mercenaries and killers – who at any moment can arrange the god knows what in Moscow.

5. Joe Biden:

   Ukraine is fighting for their very survival right now, russia continues to escalate the conflict by sending mercenaries and tanks we euphemistically [call].

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mercenaries
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercenaries
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/MERCENARIES
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=MERCENARIES
5. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Mercenaries
6. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
7. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=MERCENARIES