bandit
pronunciation
How to pronounce bandit in British English:
UK [ˈbændɪt]
How to pronounce bandit in American English:
US [ˈbændɪt]
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- Noun:
- an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band
Word Origin
- bandit
- bandit: [16] Etymologically, a bandit is someone who has been ‘banished’ or outlawed. The word was borrowed from Italian bandito, which was a nominal use of the past participle of the verb bandire ‘ban’. The source of this was Vulgar Latin *bannīre, which was formed from the borrowed Germanic base *bann- ‘proclaim’ (from which English gets ban). Meanwhile, in Old French, bannīre had produced banir, whose lengthened stem form baniss- gave English banish [14].=> ban, banish
- bandit (n.)
- 1590s, from Italian bandito (plural banditi) "outlaw," past participle of bandire "proscribe, banish," from Vulgar Latin *bannire "to proclaim, proscribe," from Proto-Germanic *bann (see ban (v.)). *Bannire (or its Frankish cognate *bannjan) in Old French became banir-, which, with lengthened stem, became English banish.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Foxworth noted that an eyewitness at a bakersfield robbery last month suspected the bandit might have been wearing a mask .
- 2. He looked back at me and whispered , ' bandit country , ' his eyes glittering , and then he ran off to explore some more .
- 3. Its hot , trackless south has long been bandit country .
- 4. Riordan was also intrigued to find that zdzierak had saved copies of news stories about southern california 's geezer bandit , so named because surveillance video from bank teller windows appears to depict an elderly man .
- 5. Authorities are investigating the possibility that the geezer bandit was actually wearing a disguise , said fbi special agent darrell foxworth , whose office is investigating the robberies in san diego , riverside and kern counties .