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Webster 1913 Edition
Bandit
Ban′dit
(băn′dĭt)
, Noun.
pl.
Bandits
(băn′dĭts)
, or Banditti
(băn-dĭt′tĭ)
. [It.
bandito
outlaw, p. p. of bandire
to proclaim, to banish, to proscribe, LL. bandire
, bannire
. See Ban
an edict, and cf. Banish
.] An outlaw; a brigand.
No savage fierce,
bandit
, or mountaineer. Milton.
☞ The plural banditti was formerly used as a collective noun.
Deerstealers are ever a desperate
banditti
. Sir W. Scott.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bandit
BAN'DIT
,Noun.
plu.