Mercenary and Volunteer

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Mercenary noun - A person hired to fight for another country than their own.

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Volunteer and mercenary are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Volunteer" instead the word "Mercenary" as a noun or an adjective.

Nearby Word: mercenarily

Volunteer noun - A person who performs voluntary work.

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Mercenary and volunteer are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mercenary" instead the word "Volunteer" as a noun or an adjective.

fellow	fellow mercenary	fellow volunteer
old	old mercenary	old volunteer
female	female mercenary	female volunteer
average	average mercenary	average volunteer
Other adjectives: simple, male, young, professional, former, local, foreign.

The American Volunteer Group, also known as the Flying Tigers, was a mercenary organization created with the tacit approval of the US Government.

Source: Mildly Military
Moreover, the Lend-Lease supplies they do send to Jiang are largely consumed by their own forces outside of allowing them to hire American fighter pilots as the formidable mercenary force, The 1st American Volunteer Group aka The Flying Tigers.

Source: World War II / War In Asia And The Pacific

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