condottiere

But he was really little more than a condottiere, and his orthodoxy was suspect.

From The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir by Sir James McCrone Douie

Henry of Navarre shall in reality be nothing but your condottiere, and I will not be exigeante.

From Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) by Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams) Champney

They seem to have been led by the men of Caen under a Lombard condottiere called Le Grand Jacques, or as the English poem has it:— "Guaunte Jakys a werryour wyse."

From The Story of Rouen by Sir Theodore Andrea Cook

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 John Addington Symonds

A condottiere of high birth, Christopher of Oldenburg, accepted the chief command of the expedition.

From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Bartholomew Sastrow

Xenophon became in essence a mercenary lord, somewhat like the condottieri of Renaissance Italy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Like the humanist condottieri of 15th century Italy, they built themselves impregnable and magnificent castles.

From Time Magazine Archive

The chosen electors went about that serious task with all the noble intent and show of national interest of a group of condottieri.

From Time Magazine Archive

This man, as I said, having been named by the Syracusans commander of their armies, immediately realized that mercenary forces were useless, since their condottieri were men like our Italian condottieri.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

As a result, these condottieri have conducted Italy into slavery and disgrace.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli