condottiere

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English

Etymology

From Italian condottiere, from Latin conductus (“assembled, collected”).

Pronunciation

Noun

condottiere (plural condottieres or condottieri)

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

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French

Etymology

From Italian.

Pronunciation

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Noun

condottiere m (plural condottieres)

  1. condottiere

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From condotto +‎ -iere.

Noun

condottiere m (plural condottieri)

  1. condottiere
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