condottiere

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The execution of the condottiere, Fra Moreale, was an act of ingratitude as well as of treachery.

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

Orazio Baglioni, of the semiprincely Perugian family, was a distinguished condottiere.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 by Johnson, Rossiter

He's a species of condottiere; we can buy his allegiance with his service: and we must forego the sentimental objection.

From The Quality of Mercy by Howells, William Dean

The condottiere was in other words a contractor or impresario, undertaking to do a certain piece of work for a certain price, and to furnish the requisite forces for the business in good working order.

From New Italian sketches by Symonds, John Addington

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