brigand : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: brigand	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for brigand
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brigand n an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band [syn: bandit, brigand]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brigand \Brig"and\ (br[icr]g"[ait]nd), n. [F. brigand, OF. brigant light-armed soldier, fr. LL. brigans light-armed soldier (cf. It. brigante.) fr. brigare to strive, contend, fr. briga quarrel; prob. of German origin, and akin to E. break; cf. Goth. brikan to break, brakja strife. Cf. {Brigue}.] 1. A light-armed, irregular foot soldier. [Obs.] 2. A lawless fellow who lives by plunder; one of a band of robbers; especially, one of a gang living in mountain retreats; a highwayman; a freebooter. Giving them not a little the air of brigands or banditti. --Jeffery.