condottiere
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Italian condottiere, from Latin conductus (“assembled, collected”).
Noun[edit]
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 2011, p. 236:
- Statues of condottieri stood in their airless niches, darkness flaring in their eye sockets and nostrils.
- 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 236:
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Translations[edit]
medieval Italian mercenary leader
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Italian
Noun[edit]
condottiere m (plural condottieres)
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
condottiere m (plural condottieri)
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- English terms derived from Italian
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- English nouns
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- French terms derived from Italian
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- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- Italian words suffixed with -iere
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
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