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n. A leader of mercenary soldiers between the 14th and 16th centuries.

n. A mercenary military leader from 14th century Italy and later in other parts of Europe

n. A military adventurer of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, who sold his services, and those of his followers, to any party in any contest.

n. In Italian hist, one of a class of professional military captains in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, who raised troops and sold their services to warring states and princes.

"Hafner and Ardea have laid bare two detestable souls, the one of an infamous usurer, half German, half Dutch; the other of a degraded nobleman, in whom is revived some ancient 'condottiere'."

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