The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lucchese \Luc*chese"\, n. sing. & pl. [It. Lucchese.] A native or inhabitant of Lucca, in Tuscany; in the plural, the people of Lucca.
Wikipedia
Lucchese may refer to:
- F.C. Lucchese 1905, a football team based in Lucca, Tuscany
- Lucchese crime family, one of the "Five Families" of New York City's Mafia
- Lucchese School, an art school in Tuscany, Italy that flourished in the 11th and 12th centuries
- Lucchese Boot Company, a Western-style boot company from Texas
Usage examples of "lucchese".
The commissaries having arrived with the army in the country of the Lucchese, divided their forces.
Sarzana, Pontremoli, Fucecchio, Fosedenovo,--castles even beyond the Magra, Valdinera, Aquabuona, La Valle, fortified villages among the Apennines, which had hitherto been under the jurisdiction of the lords of Lombardy, now submitted to the Lucchese consul.
The count then urged the Florentines to come to terms with the Lucchese, and so convinced them of the necessity of this, that seeing no better course to adopt, they complied in April, 1438, by which treaty the Lucchese retained their liberty, and the Florentines Monte Carlo and a few other fortresses.
When Volterra was recovered, and Niccolo returned to his quarters at Fucecchio, he, either at the persuasion of Rinaldo, or of his own accord, in November, 1429, took possession of Ruoti and Compito, castles belonging to the Lucchese, with three hundred cavalry and as many infantry, and then descending into the plain, plundered the inhabitants to a vast amount.