Condottiere
Pronunciation : Con`dot*tie"re
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [It., captain.]
Definition : Defn: A military adventurer of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, who sold his services, and those of his followers, to any party in any contest.
pl. Condottieri.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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