condottiere

Example Sentences

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The man still wore his mask, but at the first word which he uttered Brandilancia to his astonishment recognised the condottiere Radicofani.

From Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) by Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams)

Sforza was the great condottiere who, after the departure of the Visconti, ascended the throne of Milan as the first duke of his house.

From Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day by Gregorovius, Ferdinand

Cosimo dei Medici now allied himself with the great condottiere, Francesco Sforza, and aided him with money to make good his claims upon the Duchy of Milan.

From The Story of Florence by Gardner, Edmund G.

A condottiere of high birth, Christopher of Oldenburg, accepted the chief command of the expedition.

From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Sastrow, Bartholomew

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