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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bandit n : an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band [syn: {brigand}]
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