Condottiere

//ˌkɔn.dɔtˈjɛɹ.eɪ// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A mercenary military leader from 14th-century Italy and later in other parts of Europe. historical

    "Statues of condottieri stood in their airless niches, darkness flaring in their eye sockets and nostrils."

Etymology

From Italian condottiere, from Latin conductus (“assembled, collected”).

Next best steps

Mini challenge

Unscramble this word: condottiere