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▪ I. mercenarian, a.1 and n.1 rare.|mɜːsɪˈnɛərɪən|
[f. L. mercēnāri-us (see mercenary) + -an.]
†a. n. A mercenary, hired soldier (obs.).
b. adj. Of or belonging to mercenary soldiers.
1598Marston Pygmal., In prayse of prec. Poem, And then ensues my stanzaes, like odd bands Of voluntaries, and mercenarians. 1886Sheldon tr. Flaubert's Salammbo iv. 72 A mercenarian camp.
▪ II. mercenarian, a.2 and n.2|mɜːsɪˈnɛərɪən|
[f. med.L. Mercēnārius + -an.]
a. adj. Pertaining to the Spanish religious order called in Sp. la Orden de la Merced.
b. n. A friar of this order.
1648Gage West Ind. 10 There are Dominicans, Franciscans,..Mercenarians [etc.]. Ibid. 15 Mercenarian Fryers. 1740Pineda Span. Dict., Mercèd, the religious Order of the Mercenarians first instituted in Aragon by King Jayme for Redemption of Captives. |