condottiere

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The bridge over the river at Dessau recalls the hot assaults of the condottiere Ernst von Mansfeld in April 1626, and his repulse by the crafty generalship of Wallenstein.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 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.

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

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

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

CLEARCHUS, the son of Rhamphias, a Spartan general and condottiere.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various