Definition of Commendatore in English:
Commendatore
nounPlural Commendatorikɒˌmɛndəˈtɔːreɪ
A knight of an Italian order of chivalry.
Example sentencesExamples
- It's as if the whole society was fashioned of the same grim, unyielding stone as the Commendatore's statue.
- In 1990 the Italian Republic decorated him as a Commendatore, the Presidential Order of Merit, for his service to museums.
- In 2002, he was made a Commendatore in Italys National Order of Merit.
- Oh and there was blood and violence - firstly when the Commendatore got brutally murdered.
- He was a Commendatore and Cavaliere of the Order of the Crown of Italy and a member of many foreign academies and orders.
Origin
Italian, from Latin commendator, based on commendare 'entrust'.