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• BRAVO (Ital. for " brave ")

BRAVO (Ital. for " brave ")  , the name for hired assassins such as were formerly See also:

• COMMON

common in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy . The word had at first no evil meaning, but was applied to the retainers of the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble houses, or to the See also:

• CAVALIER
• CAVALIER, JEAN (1681-1740)

cavalier-type of swashbucklers See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar in fiction . In later See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian See also:

• HISTORY

history, especially in that of See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice, the bravi were desperate ruffians who for See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment were ready to commit any See also:

• CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime, however foul .