Usage examples (10)

• "He who had come as a cardinal to crown King Federigo, came now as a condottiero to depose him."
• Arezzo followed this up by summoning Vitelli, and the waiting, watchful condottiero was quick to answer the desired call.
• His great reputation as a condottiero, the fame of his wealth and his notorious liberality, stood him now in excellent stead.
• Whereupon the Republic, which at first had raised a feeble, make-believe protest at the action of her condottiero, now deemed it as well to find a pretext for supporting...