condottiere

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He forgets that he is in the eternal world, and dips for the moment into a brawl in some Italian market-place, or into the council-chamber of some factious condottiere.

From Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe by Santayana, George

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)

From this it resulted that war was not merely the trade of the condottiere, but also his monopoly, and he was thus able to obtain whatever terms he asked, whether money payments or political concessions.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various

He had died at eighty, as lusty and hard and sound an old condottiere as any other professional fighter who bestrode a bronze horse in an Italian piazza.

From Rough-Hewn by Canfield, Dorothy

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

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