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"ref": "1753, Alexander Pope, edited by William Warburton, The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Satires, &c, page 22",
"text": "J. Argyrofylus, a mercenary Greek, who came to teach school in Italy, after the sacking of Constantinople by the Turks, used to maintain that Cicero understood neither Philosophy nor Greek",
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"ref": "1811, William Giles, The guide to domestic happiness, 9th edition",
"text": "Such a man emphatically deserves the name of fortune-hunter—a wretch as detestable in society, as destructive of domestic happiness! And if, when marriages are consummated on such plans, there be afterwards between the parties the least appearance of regard, and the common forms of decorum, it is more than can reasonably be expected, and infinitely more than such mercenaries deserve.",
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"ref": "1826, Sholto and Reuben Percy, Brothers of the Benedictine Monastery, Mont Benger, Title The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, volume 1",
"text": "HOSPITAL NUNS./ Louis XVI. wishing to improve the state of the hospitals in France, sent a member of the Academy of Sciences to England, to enquire into the manner in which such establishments were conducted there. The commissioner praised them; but remarked, that two things were wanting; the zeal of the French parochial clergy, and the charity of the hospital nuns. \"We have found, by sorrowful experience,\" said M. Portalis, that mercenaries, without any motive of feeling to attach them constantly to their duty, can never supply the place of persons animated by a spirit of religion,",
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"ref": "1830, The Female's Encyclopaedia of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge, page 404",
"text": "In the higher ranks of life especially, it is, unhappily, a very common practice to commit to hired mercenaries, that important duty which nature at once commands and enables the mother to perform; that of suckling her infant.",
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"ref": "1831, James Lanigan (bp. of Ossory.), Catechetical Conference on the Holy Eucharist, page 134",
"text": "For that is the characteristic of a mercenary, who acts through interest, rather than of an affectionate child who acts through love. There is a great difference, say they, between the service of a slave, the service of a mercenary or hireling, and the service of a child.",
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"ref": "1781, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume 3",
"text": "He exhorts the emperor to revive the courage of his subjects by the example of manly virtue; to banish luxury from the court and from the camp; to substitute in the place of the Barbarian mercenaries, an army of men interested in the defence of their laws and of their property",
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"text": "If a mercenary died, that was one fewer man to pay. Mercenaries were an efficient way to run a military campaign especially in view of the employer's ability to hire and fire when and if the situation demanded",
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"text": "The combat fatigues worn by the vehicle personnel did not appear to be standard military issue, more similar to what you would expect mercenaries to wear. Mercenaries, loyal to nothing except themselves and their off-shore bank accounts.",
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"sense": "person employed to fight",
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"sense": "person employed to fight",
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"word": "mercenario"
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"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dakiravebuli ǯarisḳaci",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "დაქირავებული ჯარისკაცი"
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"sense": "person employed to fight",
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"word": "Legionär"
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"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "שְׂכִיר חֶרֶב"
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"sense": "person employed to fight",
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"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "tentara bayaran"
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
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],
"word": "mercenario"
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"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "傭兵"
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"roman": "tiəhiən sii chnuəl",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "ទាហានស៊ីឈ្នួល"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
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"word": "용병"
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"sense": "person employed to fight",
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"word": "mercēnārius"
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"sense": "person employed to fight",
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"word": "algotnis"
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"sense": "person employed to fight",
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"word": "samdinys"
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"word": "askar upahan"
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"word": "mèrcénaithe"
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
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"word": "مزدور"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:mercenary",
"word": "private military contractor"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:mercenary",
"word": "sellsword"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:mercenary",
"word": "soldier of fortune"
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "marrdhanës"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "murtaziq",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مُرْتَزِق"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "muʔjir",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مُؤْجِر"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "varjkan",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "վարձկան"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "muzdlu döyüşçü"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "najómnik",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "наёмнік"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "najómnica",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "наёмніца"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "najmít",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "наймі́т"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "najmítka",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "наймі́тка"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "naémnik",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "нае́мник"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "naémnica",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "нае́мница"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "naémnička",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "нае́мничка"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mercenari"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "雇傭兵"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gùyōngbīng",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "雇佣兵"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "傭兵"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yōngbīng",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "佣兵"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "žoldák"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "žoldnéř"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "lejesoldat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "huurling"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "soldenier"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "huursoldaat"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "dungosoldato"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "palgasõdur"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "leiguhermaður"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "palkkasotilas"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "palkkasoturi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mercenaire"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mercenario"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dakiravebuli ǯarisḳaci",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "დაქირავებული ჯარისკაცი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Söldner"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Söldnerin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"rare"
],
"word": "Mietsoldat"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Legionär"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "misthofóros",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "μισθοφόρος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "misthophóros",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "μισθοφόρος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "epíkouros",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ἐπίκουρος"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "sáḵir ḥérev",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "שְׂכִיר חֶרֶב"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "zsoldos"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "zsoldoskatona"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "málaliði"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "tentara bayaran"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mercenario"
},
{
"alt": "ようへい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yōhei",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "傭兵"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jaldamaşy",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "жалдамашы"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jaldanba",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "жалданба"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jaldanuşy",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "жалданушы"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jalşy",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "жалшы"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "tiəhiən sii chnuəl",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "ទាហានស៊ីឈ្នួល"
},
{
"alt": "傭兵",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yongbyeong",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "용병"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "jaldanma",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "жалданма"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mercēnārius"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "algotnis"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "samdinys"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "platenik",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "платеник"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "platenička",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "платеничка"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "askar upahan"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mèrcénaithe"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "leiesoldat"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "leigesoldat"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mercenari"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "mozdur",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "مزدور"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "najemnik"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "najemnica"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mercenário"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mercenar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "najómnik",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "наёмник"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "наёмница"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "найми́т"
},
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"code": "ru",
"english": "degrading",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "najmítka",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "найми́тка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "пла̑ћенӣк"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "пла̑ћеница"
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{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"word": "на́јамнӣк"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
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"word": "на́јамница"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
"word": "plȃćenīk"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "plȃćenica"
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"code": "sh",
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"masculine"
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "žoldnier"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
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],
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"code": "sl",
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"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "plačanec"
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{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "najemnik"
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"code": "es",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mercenario"
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{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "mamluki"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
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"word": "legosoldat"
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"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
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"sense": "person employed to fight",
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{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
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"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "мардикор"
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{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "ทหารรับจ้าง"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "ผู้รับจ้างรบ"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
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"sense": "person employed to fight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "на́йманець"
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"sense": "person employed to fight",
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"code": "uk",
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],
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"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "yollanma askar"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "lính đánh thuê"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "person employed to fight",
"word": "tay sai"
}
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"sense": "motivated by private gain",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "μισθοφορικός"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "idiotelís",
"sense": "motivated by private gain",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ιδιοτελής"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "misthophóros",
"sense": "motivated by private gain",
"word": "μισθοφόρος"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "motivated by private gain",
"word": "mercenario"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jitsuriteki",
"sense": "motivated by private gain",
"word": "実利的"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "motivated by private gain",
"word": "mercenarius"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "koristoljúbiv",
"sense": "motivated by private gain",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "користољу́бив"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "motivated by private gain",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mercenário"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "korýstnyj",
"sense": "motivated by private gain",
"word": "коры́стный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "korystoljubívyj",
"sense": "motivated by private gain",
"word": "корыстолюби́вый"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "motivated by private gain",
"word": "mercenario"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"mercenary"
],
"word": "mercenary"
}
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