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• MERCENARY (Lat. mercenarius, from merces, reward, gain)

MERCENARY (See also:

• LAT

Lat. mercenarius, from merces, See also:

• REWARD

reward, gain)  , one who serves or acts solely for motives of See also:

• PERSONAL

personal gain, particularly a soldier who offers himself for service in any See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army which may hire him . The name is sometimes used as a See also:

• TERM

term of reproach by nations who raise their armies by See also:

• CONSCRIPTION (from Lat. con-, together, and scribere, to write)

conscription, of armies raised by voluntary enlistment whose members are paid a more or less living wage .