condottiere (plural condottieres or condottieri)
(historical) A mercenary military leader from 14th-century Italy and later in other parts of Europe.
• See mercenary
Source: Wiktionary
Con`dot*tie"re, n.; pl. Condottieri. Etym: [It., captain.]
Definition: A military adventurer of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, who sold his services, and those of his followers, to any party in any contest.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 May 2025
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
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