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condottiere (kon-duh-TYAR-ee, -ay) noun, plural condottieri
A hired soldier; mercenary. [From Italian condottiere, a leader of a group of mercenaries who sold their services to warring states during 14-16th centuries. From Italian, from condotta (conduct).] "Plenty of states are willing to supply condotierre for the Saudis." Y. Sadowski, Revolution, Reform, or Regression?, Brookings Review (Washington, DC), Winter 90/91. "If any doubts remained about Pakistan's covert support for the insurgents, they have now been dispelled: Mere condottieri, dependent on their own resources, could not possibly have mounted this well-orchestrated military assault." Sumit Ganguly, On the Brink in Kashmir, The Nation (New York), Jul 19, 1999. This week's theme: words with Italian connection. Today's AWAD is sponsored in part by NannyTax, Inc., providing tax compliance services to employers of domestic help. For useful information and a free consultation, please visit: http://www.nannytax.com AND *Touchstone Consultancy* Relationship + business advice via remote sensing. World-wide service. Visit http://pobox.com/~consultant ............................................................................ If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it. -Margaret Fuller, author (1810-1850) Subscribe: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscribe.html Unsubscribe: http://wordsmith.org/awad/unsubscribe.html Change address: http://wordsmith.org/awad/address-change.html Gift subscription: http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/condottiere.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/condottiere.ram
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