mercenary
C14976
concept
A mercenary is a professional soldier who offers combat services to the highest bidder, motivated primarily by payment rather than allegiance to a particular cause or nation.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| mercenary canonical | 29 |
| mercenary leader | 9 |
| soldier of fortune | 5 |
| mercenary company | 3 |
| mercenary soldiers | 3 |
| mercenary group | 2 |
| early modern mercenary contingent | 1 |
| mercenary corps | 1 |
| mercenary faction | 1 |
| mercenary guild | 1 |
| sellsword | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: mercenary
Generated description
A mercenary is a professional soldier who offers combat services to the highest bidder, motivated primarily by payment rather than allegiance to a particular cause or nation.