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They are known as mercenaries.
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Is hired an adjective?
It can be (as in hired hands). Hired is the past tense and past participle of to hire, and is normally used as a verb.
What is a mercanery?
A mercenary is a (usually) paid soldier fighting in a conflict in which he doesn't belong to either side. Many medieval kings and rulers hired mercenaries to fill out their armies. Mercenaries, or soldiers-for-hire, are still used today by some countries.
What does the idiom to be in the trenches mean?
It's left over from World War I - they fought in long trenches dug to protect the soldiers from enemy gunfire. If you're "in the trenches," you're figuratively in the middle of the battle, fighting man to man.
What is the wrong spelling in the enemy stormed the fought?
fought - should be - fort
Is quickly-fought spelled correctly?
no. there is no hyphen quickly fought
Who were foreign soldiers who fought for pay?
Patriots
Who fought for the English king during the American revolution?
Redcoats(british), Hessians german soldiers also called mercenaries. These soldiers fought not out of loyalty but for pay
What were the men who fought in the amphitheatres in rome called?
If they were hired to fight in the arena, they were called gladiators. If they were hired to fight in the army, they were called auxiliaries. If they were hired to fight in the streets, they were called thugs.
Are hoplites slaves or soldiers?
Hoplites were soldiers who fought in an early type of massed-lined warfare.Hoplites were soldiers who fought in an early type of massed-lined warfare.Hoplites were soldiers who fought in an early type of massed-lined warfare.Hoplites were soldiers who fought in an early type of massed-lined warfare.Hoplites were soldiers who fought in an early type of massed-lined warfare.Hoplites were soldiers who fought in an early type of massed-lined warfare.Hoplites were soldiers who fought in an early type of massed-lined warfare.Hoplites were soldiers who fought in an early type of massed-lined warfare.Hoplites were soldiers who fought in an early type of massed-lined warfare.
What soldiers hired by the british?
the Germans
Hessians were hired soldiers?
german
How many incas and spanish soldiers fought?
169 spanish soldiers fought
Which of these statements is not trueJapanese soldiers fought for the Americans during the Revolutionary War.Chinese soldiers fought for the Union Army in the Civil War.Filipino soldiers fought for the U.S. in the Battle of New Orleans in 1815?
Japanese soldiers fought for the Americans during the Revolutionary War.
How many soldiers fought in the fifth crusade?
there was aroung 70,00 soldiers fought in the fifth crusade
What did the Americans call the hired British soldiers during the revolutionary war?
If you mean the German soldiers that the British hired, that would be the Hessians. If you're talking about the actual British soldiers, that would be redcoats.
How do you spell heshens?
The likely word is the plural proper noun "Hessians" used for hired German soldiers who fought for the British in the Revolutionary War, although not all were from Hesse.
When was Soldiers Pay created?
Soldiers Pay was created in 2004.
