Combatants
Mercenaries and combatants are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mercenaries" instead a noun "Combatants".
Mercenaries
Combatants and mercenaries are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Combatants" instead a noun "Mercenaries".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- military and combatants
- military and mercenaries
- boxers and combatants
- boxers and mercenaries
- heavies and combatants
- heavies and mercenaries
- competitors and combatants
- competitors and mercenaries
- opponents and combatants
- opponents and mercenaries
- rivals and combatants
- rivals and mercenaries
- troopers and combatants
- troopers and mercenaries
Both words in one sentence
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Private Military Contractors (PMC) are mercenaries, soldiers and other combatants employed by a private company or other organization and fighting on behalf of clients.
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Also, Hessian mercenaries employed by the British (Germans from Hesse-Kassel) had their own uniforms which did not in the slightest resemble those of any of the other combatants.
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While traditional mercenaries might be tolerated in practice, legally they are neither lawful combatants, nor non-combatants, and thus aren't eligible for protection and respectful treatment under, for example, the Geneva conventions.
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