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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Bandit \Ban"dit\, n.; pl. {Bandits}, [or] {Banditti}. [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. Note: The plural banditti was formerly used as a collective noun. Deerstealers are ever a desperate banditti. --Sir W. Scott. | |
