condottiere

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A body of disbanded mercenaries form themselves into the first condottiere company known in Italy.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Johnson, Rossiter

After serving some time as a condottiere with the princes of Southern Italy, he was entrusted by the Genoese with the reconstruction of their fleet.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

Cosimo dei Medici now allied himself with the great condottiere, Francesco Sforza, and aided him with money to make good his claims upon the Duchy of Milan.

From The Story of Florence by Gardner, Edmund G.

It is old Gattamelata, the condottiere of the Venetian forces in the long wars with Padua.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. by Various

The Condottieri.—The immediate result of this confused period of destruction and reconstruction was the condottiere, who becomes important about 1300.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various