Condottiere Definition

kŏndə-tyârē, -tyârā
condottieri
noun
In Europe from the 14th to the 16th cent., a captain of a band of mercenaries.
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Noun

Singular:
condottiere
Plural:
condottieres

Origin of Condottiere

  • Italian from condotta troop of mercenaries from feminine past participle of condurre to conduct from Latin condūcere to lead together conduce

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Italian condottiere.

    From Wiktionary

Condottiere Sentence Examples

  • The next eleven years he spent as a condottiere in Crete.

  • He was accused of desiring to make himself pope; more probably he thought of serving as a papal condottiere against the emperor Henry IV.

  • It was the birthplace of the well-known condottiere Erasmo Gattamelata.

  • The bridge over the river at Dessau recalls the hot assaults of the condottiere Ernst von Mansfeld in April 1626, and his repulse by the crafty generalship of Wallenstein.

  • Dlugosz brought Olesnicki the red hat from Rome in 1449, and shortly afterwards was despatched to Hungary to mediate between Hunyadi and the Bohemian condottiere Giszkra, a difficult mission which he most successfully accomplished.

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