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brigander

brigander noun: synonym of brigandine.

Noun

brigander (plural briganders)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of brigandine.
    • Item ij holy water stokke
      Item A fire skomer
      i pair of briganders (coats of mail) and a salet (light helmet)
      A pair of curas (cuirass)
      ij old billsafter 1510, "Inventories of … the Church of St. Margaret, 1511, 1572, and 1614-15", quoted in 1900, Westminster (London, England), A Catalogue of Westminster Records Deposited at the Town Hall...
    • The Duke of Buckyngham stoode harnessed in olde euell fauoured bryganders.1543, C. Harding, Grafton, page 497
    Synonyms:
    brigandine

Synonyms of brigander

Forms of brigander

pluralbriganders

Origin of brigander

From Middle English brigander(s), from brigaunt, bregaund.

Questions about brigander

What does brigander mean?
Brigander means synonym of brigandine.
What part of speech is brigander?
Brigander is a noun.
What is the plural of brigander?
The plural of brigander is briganders.

Words near brigander in the dictionary

  1. Brigance
  2. Brigances
  3. brigand
  4. brigandage
  5. brigandages
  6. brigander
  7. briganders
  8. brigandess
  9. brigandesses
  10. brigandine
  11. brigandines

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