All 5 Uses of
mercenary
in
Dune
- Idaho looked down the length of the table, said: "We've taken a force of Harkonnen mercenaries disguised as Fremen.†
Book 1
- One of the mercenaries we knocked over was trying to get this blade from our dead Fremen friend.†
Book 1 *
- The mercenary says there's a Harkonnen reward of a million Solaris for anyone who'll bring in a single crysknife.†
Book 1
- His mother, he knew, had turned, expected to meet a lasgun in the hands of Harkonnen mercenaries, and had recognized Duncan Idaho leaning out the 'thopter's open door shouting: "Hurry!†
Book 1
- But he took one final look around through the telescope — studying the plain with its tall ships, the gleaming metal hutment, the silent city, the frigates of the Harkonnen mercenaries.†
Book 3
Definition:
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(mercenary as in: a mercenary soldier) a person hired to fight for a country other than their own