BRIGAND

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A light-armed, irregular foot soldier. [Obs.]

2.
n.

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.