What is one who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired into foreign service. Milman called?
mercenary — One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired into foreign service. Milman. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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