Definition of Cesare borgia

1. Noun. Italian cardinal and military leader; model for Machiavelli's prince (1475-1507).

Exact synonyms: Borgia
Generic synonyms: Cardinal, Soldier

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cesare Borgia

Cervantes Saavedra
Cervidae
Cervus
Cervus canadensis
Cervus elaphus
Cervus nipon
Cervus sika
Cervus unicolor
Ceryle
Ceryle alcyon
Cerys
Cesar Chavez
Cesar Estrada Chavez
Cesar Franck
Cesar Ritz
Cesare Borgia
Cesarian
Cestan-Chenais syndrome
Cestida
Cestidae
Cestodaria
Cestoidea
Cestrian
Cestrians
Cestrum
Cestrum diurnum
Cestrum nocturnum
Cestum
Cestum veneris
Cet mac Mágach

Literary usage of Cesare borgia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"In the campaign of cesare borgia against Imola and Forli there was nothing which directly menaced Florence; and when the Pope secretly endeavoured to ..."

2. Il Principe by Niccolò Machiavelli (1891)
"cesare borgia leaves Sinigaglia and takes Città di Castello : thence moves ... Jacopo Salviati is appointed Florentine ambassador to cesare borgia ; hence ..."

3. A History of the Commonwealth of Florence: From the Earliest Independence of by Thomas Adolphus Trollope (1865)
"... broken up—All hope of taking Pisa at an end for the present—Progress of Cesare Borgia—Suspicions of the French king in Florence—cesare borgia at Campi, ..."

4. The Papacy and the Levant (1204-1571). by Kenneth M. Setton (1984)
"Wm. H. Woodward, cesare borgia, London, 1913, pp. 311-12). " Villari, Dispacci, II, 209-10, 222-23. Giustinian suggests that in addition to compassion for ..."

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