commendatoren.
/kɒmɛndəˈtɔːreɪ/ A knight of an order of chivalry in Italy; = commendator n. 2. Also transferred.
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1877 G. B. Shaw How to become Musical Critic (1960) 31 Her illustrious master, Signor—or, as he delights to be styled, Commendatore— Lamperti.
1907 G. B. Shaw Let. 8 July (1956) 90 It was five minutes past eleven and the Commendatore from Scotland Yard was knocking at the door.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 294 Commendatore Bacibaci Beninobenone.
1955 Times 9 Aug. 11/3 In 1953 the Pope appointed him a commendatore of the Order of St. Sylvester.
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