Baldassare castiglione
bald-ssare
[bahl-dahs-sah-re] /ˌbɑl dɑsˈsɑ rɛ/ (show ipa), 1478–1529, italian diplomat and author.
historical examples
seckendorff was once well described by an english friend as the bald-ssare castiglione of the present day.
the empress frederick; a memoir anonymous
noun
count bald-ssare (baldasˈsaːre). 1478–1529, italian diplomat and writer, noted particularly for his dialogue on ideal courtly life, il libro del cortegiano (the courtier) (1528)
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