merc
See also: Merc
English
Etymology
Clipping of mercenary.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɜːk/
- (General American) IPA(key): /mɝk/
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Noun
merc (plural mercs)
- (slang) A mercenary.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:mercenary
- 1999, William Gibson, All Tomorrow's Parties (Bridge trilogy; book 3), New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →ISBN, page 199:
- He had a feeling the scarf was the one he'd really have to watch out for; he couldn't say why. “What if those mercs scope us leaving?”
Middle English
Old French
Etymology
From Old Norse merki. Related with marc (“a weight”, from Frankish *mark) and marche (“frontier”, from Frankish *marka).
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