mercenary

soldier who fights for hire
Intangible profession Q178197
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mercenary

Summary

mercenary is a profession[1]. mercenary ranks in the top 1% of profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27,094 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • mercenary's instance of is recorded as profession[3].
  • military pay is named after mercenary[4].
  • mercenary is a type of warrior[5].
  • mercenary is part of mercenary organization[6].
  • mercenary's Commons category is recorded as Mercenaries[7].
  • mercenary's field of this occupation is recorded as war[8].
  • mercenary's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mercenaries[9].
  • mercenary's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[10].
  • mercenary's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • mercenary's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[12].
  • mercenary's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • mercenary's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • mercenary's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[15].
  • mercenary's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • mercenary's participant in is recorded as Siege of Carthage[17].
  • mercenary's female form of label is recorded as مرتزقة[18].
  • mercenary's female form of label is recorded as mercenaria[19].
  • mercenary's female form of label is recorded as Söldnerin[20].
  • mercenary's female form of label is recorded as mercenária[21].
  • mercenary's female form of label is recorded as mercenaria[22].
  • mercenary's female form of label is recorded as mercenaria[23].
  • mercenary's female form of label is recorded as mercenària[24].
  • mercenary's female form of label is recorded as платеничка[25].
  • mercenary's female form of label is recorded as mercenária[26].
  • mercenary's female form of label is recorded as наёмница[27].

Body

Definition and Type

mercenary's instance of is recorded as profession[3]. mercenary is a type of warrior[5].

Origins

military pay is named after mercenary[4].

Use and Application

mercenary is part of mercenary organization[6].

Why It Matters

mercenary ranks in the top 1% of profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27,094 views/month).[2] mercenary has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] mercenary is known by 90 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · C960657 · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lex id → lejesoldat
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8313]]: lejesoldat"
  2. 16w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0313778-zoldneri
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0313778-zoldneri, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  3. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → mercenary organization
    Instance of → —
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2244721
    Named after → —
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 8035, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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