condottiere

English

Etymology

From Italian condottiere.

Noun

condottiere (plural condottieres or condottieri)

1. 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.

Italian

Etymology

From condotto +‎ -iere.

Noun

condottiere m (plural condottieri)

1. condottiere

Related terms

• condottiero