Condottiere

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Condottiere \Con`dot*tie"re\, n.; pl. {Condottieri}. [It.,
     captain.]
     A military adventurer of the fourteenth and fifteenth
     centuries, who sold his services, and those of his followers,
     to any party in any contest.
     [1913 Webster]