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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 150 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MERCENARY (See also:Lat. mercenarius, from merces, See also:reward, gain) , one who serves or acts solely for motives of See also:personal gain, particularly a soldier who offers himself for service in any See also:army which may hire him. The name is sometimes used as a See also:term of reproach by nations who raise their armies by See also:conscription, of armies raised by voluntary enlistment whose members are paid a more or less living wage.

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