Definition of Banit
Ban"dit (băn"d&ibreve;t), n.;
pl. Bandits (băn"d&ibreve;ts), or
Banditti (băn*d&ibreve;t"t&ibreve;). [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.
&fist; The plural banditti was formerly used as a collective
noun.
Deerstealers are ever a desperate banditti.
Sir W. Scott.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- one who robs others
- an outlaw
- one who cheats others
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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