bandit

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See also: Bandit and bändit

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian bandito (“outlawed”), a derivative of Italian bandire (“to ban”). The Italian verb is inherited from Vulgar Latin *bannire (“to proclaim”), but its form was influenced by Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bandwjan, “to signal”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbændɪt/
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Noun[edit]

bandit (plural bandits)

  1. One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.
    • 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 2, page 173:
      Do you recollect a story my nurse told us of a Sicilian bandit, the terror of the country?—how he saved a young child from a cottage on fire, brought it up delicately, and far removed from his own pursuits; while, at his execution, his chief regret was the future provision for that boy?
  2. An outlaw.
  3. One who cheats others.
  4. (military) An enemy aircraft.
  5. (sports, slang) A runner who covertly joins a race without having registered as a participant.

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Verb[edit]

bandit (third-person singular simple present bandits, present participle banditing, simple past and past participle bandited)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To rob, or steal from, in the manner of a bandit.
    • 1921, Munsey's Magazine (volume 74, page 38)
      First, she read the bandit news in the paper, and was rather disappointed to learn that her man had evidently taken a night off from banditing. An imitator of the bandit had made an unsuccessful attempt to hold up a drug-store, and had backed out and run when the nervy proprietor reached for a gun; but that was all.
    • 1937, The Atlantic Monthly (volume 160, page 7)
      As the sanctuary was bandited at least once, it may be that the silver wine cups I have are from the treasure.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Funk, W. J. ((Can we date this quote?)) Word origins and their romantic stories, New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc.

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French[edit]

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Noun[edit]

bandit m (plural bandits)

  1. bandit

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Descendants[edit]

  • → German: Bandit
    • → Polish: bandyta
  • → Norman: bandit

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Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch bandiet, from Middle French bandit, from Italian bandito.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈbandɪt̚]
  • Hyphenation: ban‧dit

Noun[edit]

bandit (first-person possessive banditku, second-person possessive banditmu, third-person possessive banditnya)

  1. bandit
    Synonyms: penjahat, pencuri

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Norman[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French bandit.

Noun[edit]

bandit m (plural bandits)

  1. (Jersey) bandit

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French bandit

Noun[edit]

bandit m (plural bandiți)

  1. bandit

Declension[edit]

Declension of bandit
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) bandit banditul (niște) bandiți bandiții
genitive/dative (unui) bandit banditului (unor) bandiți bandiților
vocative banditule bandiților

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Italian bandito.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bǎndiːt/
  • Hyphenation: ban‧dit

Noun[edit]

bàndīt m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀ндӣт)

  1. bandit

Declension[edit]

Declension of bandit
singular plural
nominative bàndīt banditi
genitive bandíta bandita
dative banditu banditima
accusative bandita bandite
vocative bandite banditi
locative banditu banditima
instrumental banditom banditima

References[edit]

  • “bandit” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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