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antimercenary

antimercenary adjective: opposed to mercenaries.

Adjective

antimercenary (comparative more antimercenary, superlative most antimercenary)

  1. Opposed to mercenaries.
    • Americans have been antimercenary since the British sent 30,000 German Hessians after George Washington in the Revolutionary War.2007 October 3, Maureen Dowd, “Sinking in a Swamp Full of Blackwater”, in New York Times

Forms of antimercenary

comparativemore antimercenary
superlativemost antimercenary

Origin of antimercenary

From anti- + mercenary.

Questions about antimercenary

What does antimercenary mean?
Antimercenary means opposed to mercenaries.
What part of speech is antimercenary?
Antimercenary is an adjective.

Words near antimercenary in the dictionary

  1. antimensium
  2. antimensiums
  3. antimentalism
  4. antimephitic
  5. antimer
  6. antimercenary
  7. antimere
  8. antimeres
  9. antimerger
  10. antimeria
  11. antimeric

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