mercenary army

collocation in English

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mercenary
adjective
uk
/ˈmɜː.sən.ri/us
/ˈmɝː.sən.ri/
interested only in the amount of money that you can get from ...
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army
noun
uk
/ˈɑː.mi/us
/ˈɑːr.mi/
a particular country's ...
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Nothing could be less to their interests than to turn us into a bankrupt nation, to serve as amercenaryarmyfor their purposes.
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The city is very populous and is famous for its strongmercenaryarmy, most of which fight as pikemen.
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Eventually, they were able to persuade the entiremercenaryarmyto revolt.
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They had their ownmercenaryarmyfor the protection of their merchandise.
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For instance, a legal document in 1782 mentioned that amercenaryarmycommander was entitled to 48 loaves of bread from the imaret daily.
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He astutely pointed out that a successfulmercenaryarmyno longer needs its employer if it is more militarily powerful than its supposed superior.
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Themercenaryarmyattempts to fight its way out of the siege, and is totally defeated.
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The second reason is that in the long, and very often honourable, record of mercenary armies we can now claim pride of place.
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The major impact of the war, in which mercenary armies were extensively used, was the devastation of entire regions scavenged bare by the foraging armies.
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Carthaginian generals marshalled mercenary armies and were separately elected.
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He then fights a series of running engagements with the mercenary armies, keeping them off balance.
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The knightly classes found their monopoly on arms and military skill undermined by the introduction of mercenary armies and foot soldiers.
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Other states were greatly affected when the mercenary armies marched through neutral states or ravaged them in the course of their foraging expeditions.
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Mercenary armies leveled the playing field.
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Filibustering is raising private mercenary armies and leading them into other countries to advance either one's own schemes or those of wealthy sponsors.
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