† laronn.
Obsolete.
A robber.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > [noun]
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meecher?a1450
latron1613
mail robber?1793
rampsman1859
heister1927
13.. K. Alis. 4209 Of thefthe Y wol me defende, Ageyn knyght, swayn, and baroun, That Y no am no laroun.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. iv. 64 O Diable, Diable: vat is in my Closset? Villanie, La-roone: Rugby, my Rapier. View more context for this quotation
1631 H. Shirley Martyr'd Souldier ii. iii I am Prince over those Publicans, Lord over these Larroones, Regent of these Rugs.
a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) vi. 358 But like a very Laron, sought to strip his brother of all that he had in his necessity.
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