condottiere
noun/ˌkɔn.dɔtˈjɛɹ.eɪ/US
Etymology
From Italian condottiere, from Latin conductus (“assembled, collected”).
- derived from conductus
- borrowed from condottiere
Definitions
A mercenary military leader from 14th-century Italy and later in other parts of Europe.
- Statues of condottieri stood in their airless niches, darkness flaring in their eye sockets and nostrils.
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