brigand

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.

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɪɡ.ənd/

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• Rhymes: -ɪɡənd

brigand (plural brigands)

2. (crime) An outlaw or bandit.

• brigandage
• brigandine

• Brading, barding

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• IPA^(key): /bʁi.ɡɑ̃/

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brigand m (plural brigands)

1. (derogatory) thief

brigand (feminine brigande, masculine plural brigands, feminine plural brigandes)

1. (Louisiana, Cajun) mischievous

• “brigand”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

brigand oblique singular, m (oblique plural briganz or brigantz, nominative singular briganz or brigantz, nominative plural brigand)

1. foot soldier

• → English: brigand

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (brigand)

Borrowed from French brigand.

brigand m (plural briganzi)

1. brigand