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Meanings of mercenary troops in English

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Usage of mercenary troops in English
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He directed the rentcops and the boosted mercenary troops, ambushing the possessed.
The Neutronium Alchemist
2
They resolved to collect bodies of mercenary troops, both infantry and horse.
Hellenica
3
Should mercenary troops at this late hour be sent for?
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 10: 1566, part I
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The mercenary troops, upon their return from Sicily, revolted, on account of not receiving their pay.
General History for Colleges and High Schools
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Within eighty years after the battle of Plataea, mercenary troops were everywhere plying for battles and sieges.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
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The Warleader's mercenary troops would follow.
Blood and Bone
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We may regard this disbanding of his mercenary troops as another sign that William considered his position secure.
The History of England from the Norman Conquest to the Death of ...
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The Carthaginians were engaged during the first part of this time in crushing a mutiny of their mercenary troops.
Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D.
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The foreign mercenary troops, although they could scarcely be interested in the movement, began to show symptoms of mutiny.
The Psychology of Revolution
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The development company has the money; more than enough to hire fifteen independent traders and a few thousand mercenary troops.
The Reality Dysfunction
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He employed mercenary troops.
Europe and the Faith / "Sine auctoritate nulla vita"
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And Hiero replied: Thus far you reason prettily, methinks, Simonides; but about these mercenary troops have you aught to say?
Hiero
13
Commotion in Venice; the Doge attempts to introduce mercenary troops and is slain; his palace, St. Mark's, and other churches burned.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 / (From Charlem...
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The king, indeed, did not openly infringe the peace, but it was frequently broken by the ambition of the mercenary troops.
History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy / From the Earli...
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Though even so, a vigorous war was carried on by dint of the mercenary troops with which both sides were furnished.
Hellenica
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Even the lawless habits of a captain of mercenary troops could not change the tendency which the character of Xenophon early acquired.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2
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