noun
Meaning 1
An outlaw or bandit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: crime
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
brigand
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK, US: /ˈbɹɪɡ.ənd/
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rhymes with -ɪɡənd
noun
Meaning 2
an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bandit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: thief, stealer
History
Etymology
From Middle English brigaunt, bregaund circa 1400, from Old French brigand (“foot soldier”) attested from 1421, from Italian briga (“trouble, bother”), perhaps ultimately of Proto-Germanic or Celtic origin.
Across languages
Translations
61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: ավազակ (avazak) — bandit
- Old Armenian: աւազակ (awazak) — bandit
- Azerbaijani: qaçaq — bandit
- Azerbaijani: quldur — bandit
- Bashkir: юлбаҫар (yulbaśar) — bandit
- Bulgarian: разбо́йник (razbójnik) — bandit
- Bulgarian: банди́т (bandít) — bandit
- Chinese Mandarin: 強盜 /强盗 (qiángdào) — bandit
- Chinese Mandarin: 土匪 (tǔfěi) — bandit
- Czech: zbojník — bandit
- Danish: røver — bandit
- Dutch: rover — bandit
- Dutch: bandiet — bandit
- Esperanto: eksterleĝulo — bandit
- Finnish: rosvo — bandit
- French: brigand — bandit
- French: bandit — bandit
- Georgian: ყაჩაღი (q̇ačaɣi) — bandit
- Georgian: ავაზაკი (avazaḳi) — bandit
- German: Brigant — bandit
- Ancient Greek: λῃστής (lēistḗs) — bandit
- Hebrew: שודד — bandit
- Hebrew: לסטים (listim) — bandit
- Hungarian: briganti — bandit
- Italian: bandito — bandit
- Italian: brigante — bandit
- Italian: malandrino — bandit
- Italian: masnadiere — bandit
- Japanese: 山賊 (sanzoku) — bandit
- Central Kurdish: چەتە (çete) — bandit
- Latin: latrō — bandit
- Macedonian: ра́збојник (rázbojnik) — bandit
- Macedonian: разбо́јничка (razbójnička) — bandit
- Macedonian: разбо́јница (razbójnica) — bandit
- Macedonian: банди́т (bandít) — bandit
- Macedonian: банди́тка (bandítka) — bandit
- Manx: roosteyr — bandit
- Mingrelian: ავაზაკი (avazaḳi) — bandit
- Polish: bandyta — bandit
- Polish: zbój — bandit
- Portuguese: bandido — bandit
- Russian: разбо́йник (razbójnik) — bandit
- Russian: разбо́йница (razbójnica) — bandit
- Russian: банди́т (bandít) — bandit
- Russian: банди́тка (bandítka) — bandit
- Scottish Gaelic: spùinneadair — bandit
- Serbo-Croatian: ха̀јдӯк — bandit
- Serbo-Croatian: ба̀ндӣт — bandit
- Serbo-Croatian: hàjdūk — bandit
- Serbo-Croatian: bàndīt — bandit
- Sicilian: briganti — bandit
- Sicilian: malantrinu — bandit
- Sicilian: vicariotu — bandit
- Spanish: bandido — bandit
- Swedish: stråtrövare — bandit
- Turkish: eşkıya — bandit
- Turkish: haydut — bandit
- Ottoman Turkish: حیدود (haydud) — bandit
- Ottoman Turkish: هایطه (hayta) — bandit
- Udi: абазакӏ (abazaḳ) — bandit
- Ukrainian: розбі́йник (rozbíjnyk) — bandit
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