condottiere
nounUS /ˌkɔn.dɔtˈjɛɹ.eɪ/
Etymology From Italian condottiere, from Latin conductus (“assembled, collected”).
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Historical A mercenary military leader from 14th-century Italy and later in other parts of Europe.
- Statues of condottieri stood in their airless niches, darkness flaring in their eye sockets and nostrils.2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 236:
- Synonyms
- mercenary