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highwayman
English
Etymology
From highway +? man.
Pronunciation
- (Canada) IPA(key): /?ha??we?m?n/
Noun
highwayman (plural highwaymen)
- (historical) A person usually mounted on horseback who robbed travelers on public roads.
- 1906, Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman:
- The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.
- 1977, Jimmy Webb, Highwayman:
- I was a highwayman / Across the coach roads I did ride / With sword and pistol by my side.
- 1906, Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman:
Synonyms
- (person who robbed travelers): See also Thesaurus:highwayman
Translations
See also
- highway robbery
- stand and deliver
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bandit
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian bandito (“outlawed”), a derivative of Italian bandire (“to ban”). The Italian verb is inherited from Vulgar Latin *bannire (“to proclaim”), but its form was influenced by Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (bandwjan, “to signal”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bænd?t/
Noun
bandit (plural bandits)
- One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.
- An outlaw.
- One who cheats others.
- (military) An enemy aircraft.
- (sports, slang) A runner who covertly joins a race without having registered as a participant.
Synonyms
- (one who robs others): See Thesaurus:thief
- (outlaw): criminal, fugitive, outlaw
- (one who cheats others): cheater
Derived terms
- gas meter bandit
- one-armed bandit
- shag bandit
Related terms
- banditti
Translations
Verb
bandit (third-person singular simple present bandits, present participle banditing, simple past and past participle bandited)
- (transitive, intransitive) To rob, or steal from, in the manner of a bandit.
- 1921, Munsey's Magazine (volume 74, page 38)
- First, she read the bandit news in the paper, and was rather disappointed to learn that her man had evidently taken a night off from banditing. An imitator of the bandit had made an unsuccessful attempt to hold up a drug-store, and had backed out and run when the nervy proprietor reached for a gun; but that was all.
- 1937, The Atlantic Monthly (volume 160, page 7)
- As the sanctuary was bandited at least once, it may be that the silver wine cups I have are from the treasure.
- 1921, Munsey's Magazine (volume 74, page 38)
References
Anagrams
- IT Band, IT band
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??.di/
- Rhymes: -i
- Homophone: bandits
Noun
bandit m (plural bandits)
- bandit
Derived terms
- banditisme
- bandit de grand chemin
- bandit manchot
Descendants
- ? German: Bandit
- ? Polish: bandyta
- ? Norman: bandit
Further reading
- “bandit” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch bandiet, from Middle French bandit, from Italian bandito.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?band?t?]
- Hyphenation: ban?dit
Noun
bandit (first-person possessive banditku, second-person possessive banditmu, third-person possessive banditnya)
- bandit
- Synonyms: penjahat, pencuri
Derived terms
Further reading
- “bandit” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from French bandit.
Noun
bandit m (plural bandits)
- (Jersey) bandit
Romanian
Etymology
From French bandit
Noun
bandit m (plural bandi?i)
- bandit
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Italian bandito.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?ndi?t/
- Hyphenation: ban?dit
Noun
bànd?t m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)
- bandit
Declension
References
- “bandit” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
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