Difference between revisions of "Mercenaries"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_143060" /> == | |||
<p> (pl.) of Mercenary </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76708" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76708" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> Originally hired soldiers as distinguished from feudal levies, now bodies of foreign troops in the service of the State; the Scots Guards in [[France]] from the 15th to 18th centuries were famous, and Swiss auxiliaries once belonged to most European armies; [[William]] III. had Dutch mercenaries in England; under the Georges, German were hired and were used in the American War, the Irish rebellion, and the Napoleonic struggle; in the Crimean War German, Swiss, and [[Italian]] were enrolled. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
<references> | <references> | ||
<ref name="term_143060"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/mercenaries Mercenaries from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_76708"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/mercenaries Mercenaries from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_76708"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/mercenaries Mercenaries from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
Revision as of 10:13, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(pl.) of Mercenary
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
Originally hired soldiers as distinguished from feudal levies, now bodies of foreign troops in the service of the State; the Scots Guards in France from the 15th to 18th centuries were famous, and Swiss auxiliaries once belonged to most European armies; William III. had Dutch mercenaries in England; under the Georges, German were hired and were used in the American War, the Irish rebellion, and the Napoleonic struggle; in the Crimean War German, Swiss, and Italian were enrolled.
