condottieren.

/kɒndɒˈtjɛːreɪ/

Forms: Also (erron.) condottiero. plural condottieri ( -r i).

Etymology: < Italian condottiere, < condotto conduct + -iere, a later variant of -iero, representing late Latin -erius for -ārius.

A professional military leader or captain, who raised a troop, and sold his service to states or princes at war; the leader of a troop of mercenaries. The name arose in Italy, but the system prevailed largely over Europe from the 14th to the 16th cent.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] > mercenary

condottiere1794

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. iii. 50 From this latter practice arose their name—Condottieri.

1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece IX. ii. lxxi. 220 He had now become a sort of professional Condottiero or general.

1874 J. L. Motley Life John of Barneveld II. xi. 30 The already notorious condottiere Ernest Mansfeld.

attributive.1822 Ld. Byron Werner ii. i A kind of general condottiero system Of bandit warfare.1887 Sat. Rev. 21 May 741/2 Hawkwood..A highly respectable specimen of the condottiere species.

Derivatives

condottiˈerism n.

ΚΠ

1887 Sat. Rev. 8 Jan. 35/1 Mere follow-my-leader-and-keep-my-place condottierism.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	condottiere
释义	condottieren. /kɒndɒˈtjɛːreɪ/ Forms: Also (erron.) condottiero. plural condottieri ( -r i). Etymology: < Italian condottiere, < condotto conduct + -iere, a later variant of -iero, representing late Latin -erius for -ārius. A professional military leader or captain, who raised a troop, and sold his service to states or princes at war; the leader of a troop of mercenaries. The name arose in Italy, but the system prevailed largely over Europe from the 14th to the 16th cent. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] > mercenary condottiere1794 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. iii. 50 From this latter practice arose their name—Condottieri. 1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece IX. ii. lxxi. 220 He had now become a sort of professional Condottiero or general. 1874 J. L. Motley Life John of Barneveld II. xi. 30 The already notorious condottiere Ernest Mansfeld. attributive.1822 Ld. Byron Werner ii. i A kind of general condottiero system Of bandit warfare.1887 Sat. Rev. 21 May 741/2 Hawkwood..A highly respectable specimen of the condottiere species. Derivatives condottiˈerism n. ΚΠ 1887 Sat. Rev. 8 Jan. 35/1 Mere follow-my-leader-and-keep-my-place condottierism. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1794
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