THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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person who did not take sides during the war
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spy
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voluntary soldier
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soldier hired to serve in a foreign army
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mercenary: A professional soldier hired to fight for a foreign country.
Detailed explanation-2: -A mercenary, sometimes also known as a soldier of fortune or hired gun, is a private individual that joins a military conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any other official military.
Detailed explanation-3: -1. : serving merely for pay or sordid advantage : venal. also : greedy. : hired for service in the army of a foreign country.
Detailed explanation-4: -In simplest terms, a mercenary is an armed civilian paid to do military operations in a foreign conflict zone. For example, civilians conducting direct actions or training troops in foreign conflict zones are mercenaries because they are performing uniquely military functions.