condottiere

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Sforza was the great condottiere who, after the departure of the Visconti, ascended the throne of Milan as the first duke of his house.

From Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day by Gregorovius, Ferdinand

His two masterpieces are "The Incredulity of St. Thomas" and the statue of Colleoni, the celebrated condottiere who had commanded the Venetian troops.

From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.

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

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

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

Seeing that Bonaparte was then known merely as an able condottiere, not as the re-organizer of French society, Pitt's haughty attitude, though deplorable, is intelligible.

From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland