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Condottiere

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Conˊdot-tie′re

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Noun.
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pl.
Condottieri
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[It., captain.]
A military adventurer of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, who sold his services, and those of his followers, to any party in any contest.

Definition 2024

condottiere

condottiere

English

Noun

condottiere ‎(plural condottieres or condottieri)

  1. A mercenary military leader from 14th century Italy and later in other parts of Europe.
    • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 236:
      Statues of condottieri stood in their airless niches, darkness flaring in their eye sockets and nostrils.

Synonyms

  • See Wikisaurus:mercenary

Translations

French

Etymology

From Italian

Noun

condottiere m ‎(plural condottieres)

  1. condottiere

Italian

Etymology

From condotto +‎ -iere.

Noun

condottiere m ‎(plural condottieri)

  1. condottiere

Related terms

Etymology

From Italian condottiere.

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