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Definition of Brigand

Brigand
Brigand Brig"and (br[i^]g"and), n. [F. brigand, OF. brigant light-armed soldier, fr. LL. brigans light-armed soldier (cf. It. brigante.) fr. brigare to strive, contend, fr. briga quarrel; prob. of German origin, and akin to E. break; cf. Goth. brikan to break, brakja strife. Cf. Brigue.] 1. A light-armed, irregular foot soldier. [Obs.] 2. A lawless fellow who lives by plunder; one of a band of robbers; especially, one of a gang living in mountain retreats; a highwayman; a freebooter. Giving them not a little the air of brigands or banditti. --Jeffery.

Meaning of Brigand from wikipedia

- plunder. It is practiced by a brigand, a person who usually lives in a gang and lives by pillage and robbery. The word brigand entered English as brigant...
- Look up brigand in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A brigand is a person who practices brigandage The term brigand or brigands may also refer to: outlaw...
- The Bristol Brigand was a British anti-shipping/ground attack/dive bomber aircraft, developed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company as a replacement for the...
- Brigands M.C. is the eleventh novel in the CHERUB series by Robert Muchamore. It was released on 4 October 2008. A blue-cover edition of which only 8,499...
- Les brigands (The Bandits) is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, by Jacques Offenbach to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. Meilhac and...
- to cope with the extra performance, which saw the Brigand capable of 150 mph (241 km/h). The Brigand could be distinguished from the Britannia by the bulge...
- Hubert Brigand (born 28 July 1952) is a French politician, a member of the Républicains party. He was elected deputy for the 4th constituency of Côte-d'Or...
- Nightingale the Robber or Solovei the Brigand (Russian: Солове́й-Разбойник, romanized: Solovey-Razboynik), an epic robber, appears in traditional Russian...
- Calabria and Abruzzo, but the brigands were not a homogeneous group, nor did they operate with any common cause. Amongst the brigands were a mixture of people...
- 'Beppe" (Atella, 18 December 1816 - Atella, 7 August 1891), was an Italian brigand, the most distinguished of the Lucan banditry. He was, with Giovanni 'Coppa'...