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banditti

banditti noun: robbers or outlaws.

Noun

banditti pl (normally plural, singular bandit or banditto)

  1. (archaic, plural-normally) Robbers or outlaws.
    • [T]his was the very Time when the late Rebellion was at the higheſt; and indeed the Banditti were now marched into England, […]1749, Henry Fielding, “The Adventure of a Company of Soldiers”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume III, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VII, page 85
    • Carlstadt silently trod the strange steps of the wandering Holstein; […] he felt a repugnance at passing through a place most suitably fitted to the depredations of an hardened banditti, and calculated to inspire thought of the most terrific formation.1807, [Miss Guion], chapter I, in The Three Germans. Mysteries Exemplified in the Life of Holstein of Lutztein. A German Romance. […], volume I, London: […] J[ames] F[letcher] Hughes, […], →OCLC...

Examples of banditti in a sentence

  • I have more pleasure in a snug farm-house than a watch-tower—and a troop of tidy, happy villagers please me better than the finest banditti in the world.1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XVIII, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume I, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas]...
  • The history of the Corsican banditti is rich in heroic, demon-like, and chivalrous traits of character.1855, Ferdinand Gregorovius, translated by Russell Martineau, “Bandit Life”, in Corsica in Its Picturesque, Social, and Historical Aspects...

Forms of banditti

singularbandit
singularbanditto
pluralbandittis

Origin of banditti

Borrowed from Italian banditi, plural of bandito.

Words formed from banditti

Questions about banditti

What does banditti mean?
Banditti means robbers or outlaws.
How do you use banditti in a sentence?
I have more pleasure in a snug farm-house than a watch-tower—and a troop of tidy, happy villagers please me better than the finest banditti in the world.
What part of speech is banditti?
Banditti is a noun.
What is the plural of banditti?
The plural of banditti is bandittis.

Words near banditti in the dictionary

  1. bandito
  2. banditos
  3. banditries
  4. banditry
  5. bandits
  6. banditti
  7. bandittis
  8. banditto
  9. Bandjalang
  10. bandjax
  11. bandjaxed

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