bandoleron.
/bandəʊˈlɛːrəʊ/ A highwayman or robber. Also attributive.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > [noun] > highwayman
routerc1300
malandryna1438
stradarolle1562
highpad1567
highway robber1577
way-beatera1586
lance-man1589
high lawyer1591
St. Nicholas' clerk1598
outrider1599
bidstand1600
land-pirate1608
highwayman1617
pad1652
knight of the road1665
rum-padder1665
paddist1671
rum pad1688
pad-thief1690
gentleman (also squire) of the pad1700
snaffler1728
gentleman1778
scamp1782
scampsman1799
bandolero1832
ladrone1832
Spring-heeled Jack1838
road agent1840
agent1876
1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. xxii. 43 These parts of the Pyreneys that border upon the Mediterranean, are never without Theeves by Land (call'd Bandoleros).]
1832 W. Irving Alhambra (1896) 9 The solitary bandolero, armed to the teeth..hovers about them.
1924 Glasgow Herald 2 Feb. 4 He confuses picadors with bandoleros.
1927 Chambers's Jrnl. 733/2 I was soon rigged out in the costume of a Spanish villager; that is, rope-soled shoes, white woollen stockings, bright yellow knickerbockers, a frilled shirt, and a bandolero hat.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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