condottiere
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Etymology
From Italian condottiere, from Latin conductus (“assembled, collected”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkɔn.dɔtˈjɛɹ.eɪ/, /ˌkɔn.dəˈtjɛɹ.eɪ/, /-doʊ-/, /-tiˈɛɹ-/, /-i/
Noun
condottiere (plural condottieres or condottieri)
- (historical) A mercenary military leader from 14th-century Italy and later in other parts of Europe.
- 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 236:
- Statues of condottieri stood in their airless niches, darkness flaring in their eye sockets and nostrils.
Synonyms
Translations
medieval Italian mercenary leader
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Etymology
From Italian.
Pronunciation
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Noun
condottiere m (plural condottieres)
Further reading
- “condottiere”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Etymology
Noun
condottiere m (plural condottieri)
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