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Definition of: condottiere
(kōn′dōt·tyâ′· rā) noun plural ·ri (-rē)
1. A hireling military chief of the 14th and 15th centuries.
2. A freelance; adventurer. [<Ital. <condotto a mercenary <L conductus hired. See CONDUCT.]
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