brigand

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an armed robber or outlaw, especially one belonging to a band

   The travellers feared that brigands controlled the mountain pass.

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.

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