Usually means: Mercenary, often soldier for hire.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word merc:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. merc: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. merc: Merriam-Webster
  3. Merc, merc: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. merc: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Merc, merc: Wordnik
  6. Merc, merc: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. Merc, merc: Wiktionary
  8. merc: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Merc, merc, merc: Dictionary.com
  10. M.E.R.C, Merc (MUD), Merc (role-playing game), Merc: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Merc: Webster's New World Finance & Investment Dictionary
  2. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  3. MERC: Bloomberg Financial Glossary
  4. Merc, The Merc: Financial dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. MERC: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. merc, Merc: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. the merc: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Merc)

noun:  (slang) A mercenary.
noun:  (slang, especially UK, Commonwealth) Clipping of Mercedes-Benz. [An automotive brand or marque from Daimler-Benz.]
noun:  (especially US, dated) Clipping of Mercury (automobile). [(astronomy) The first planet in the Solar system with the closest orbit to the Sun, named after the god; represented by ☿.]
noun:  (numismatic slang) Clipping of Mercury dime. [(historical) A ten-cent coin struck by the United States Mint from late 1916 to 1945, bearing on its obverse the depiction of a young Liberty in a winged Phrygian cap.]

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