condottiere

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The subjects of the three panels represent the entry into Jerusalem, and scenes from the stirring times in which the great condottiere played so prominent a part.

From Cathedral Cities of Italy by Collins, William Wiehe

After serving some time as a condottiere with the princes of Southern Italy, he was entrusted by the Genoese with the reconstruction of their fleet.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

Seeing that Bonaparte was then known merely as an able condottiere, not as the re-organizer of French society, Pitt's haughty attitude, though deplorable, is intelligible.

From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland

As a daring and successful "condottiere," he was dear to his liberty-loving contemporaries, who protested against any encroachments from Rome or curtailment of their civil rights by native rulers.

From Cathedrals of Spain by John A.

On which side of a quarrel a condottiere fought mattered but little, so great was the confusion of Italian politics, and so complete was the egotism of these fraudful, violent, and treacherous party leaders.

From New Italian sketches by Symonds, John Addington