"Merc" meaning in English

See Merc in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mɜːk/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation], /mɝk/ [Canada, General-American] Audio: En-au-Merc.ogg Forms: Mercs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k Etymology: Clipping of Mercedes-Benz. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|Mercedes-Benz}} Clipping of Mercedes-Benz Head templates: {{en-noun}} Merc (plural Mercs)
  1. (slang) Clipping of Mercedes-Benz. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Alternative form of: Mercedes-Benz Categories (topical): Automobiles Translations (Translations): Mersu (Finnish), Merco [feminine] (French), Benz [masculine] (German), Daimler [masculine] (German), Merci (Hungarian), Merca [common-gender] (Swedish), Mẹc (Vietnamese)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /mɜːk/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation], /mɝk/ [Canada, General-American] Audio: En-au-Merc.ogg Forms: Mercs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k Etymology: Clipping of Mercury dime. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|Mercury dime}} Clipping of Mercury dime Head templates: {{en-noun}} Merc (plural Mercs)
  1. (numismatic slang) Clipping of Mercury dime. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: Mercury dime Categories (topical): Coins Categories (place): United States
    Sense id: en-Merc-en-noun-fQP938-h Disambiguation of Coins: 14 86 Disambiguation of United States: 32 68 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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