Mercenaries
['mɝsn,ɛri]
Definition
(pl. ) of Mercenary
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Examples
- In a well-ordered State there are only a few such, and these in time of war go out and become the mercenaries of a tyrant. Plato. The Republic.
- And he advocated a national army only because he saw the Italian method of carrying on war by hiring bands of foreign mercenaries was a hopeless one. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was a battle in the delta, in which Greek mercenaries fought on both sides. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His citizens have no silver or gold of their own, but are ready enough to pay them to their mercenaries. Plato. The Republic.
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