Talk:Mercenary

The german term 'Ritter' is actually correctly translated as knight. The german word for rider is 'Reiter'. The term freerider would be translated as 'Freier Reiter'. In german, the term 'Ritter' refers to a highly armed and trained nobleman in an feudal army. For further notice: The german language (in terms of military history) distincts between a 'Reiter' (rider) as opposed to a 'Ritter' (knight) as the former describes a rennaissance-type light cavalry equiped with small firearms.