larron
French
Etymology
From Old French larron, larrun, ladrun, ladron (cf. also the subjective case lerre), inherited from Latin latrōnem, accusative of latrō. Compare Spanish ladrón, Italian ladrone.
Pronunciation
Noun
larron m (plural larrons, feminine larronne)
- (archaic) thief
- 1836, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, chapter XXXV, in Louis Viardot, transl., L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, volume I, Paris: J[acques]-J[ulien] Dubochet et Cie, éditeurs, […], →OCLC:
- « Arrête, larron ! s’écriait-il ; arrête, félon, bandit, détrousseur de passants ; je te tiens ici, et ton cimeterre ne te sera bon à rien. »
- "Stop, thief!" cried he; "Stop, traitor, bandit, robber of passers-by; I hold thee here, and thy scimitar will be of no use to thee."
- Synonym: voleur
Derived terms
Further reading
- “larron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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