condottiere

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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.

This he did with the help of the Castilian party, who hoped to profit by the services of the famous condottiere.

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

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

A body of disbanded mercenaries form themselves into the first condottiere company known in Italy.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Johnson, Rossiter

But he was really little more than a condottiere, and his orthodoxy was suspect.

From The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir by Douie, James McCrone, Sir