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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."

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adventurerfilibusterfree lancefreelancegungunman

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"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”).

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