condottiere

Example Sentences

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Seeing that the indignation of her mistress merely amused the condottiere the dwarf took a cajoling tone.

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

She pointed out to the condottiere that all the advantage lay for him in doing what she desired and leaving undone what was desired by Messer Simone.

From The God of Love by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)

As for the others, they were clerks, who in one way or another had managed to get their seats—men with no great permanent stake in the community, the modern substitute for the condottiere class.

From The Man Who Wins by Herrick, Robert

The earliest writers on the new tactics necessitated by villainous saltpetre were Italians trained in condottiere warfare.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

The man still wore his mask, but at the first word which he uttered Brandilancia to his astonishment recognised the condottiere Radicofani.

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