bandolero
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish bandolero.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbandolero (plural bandoleros)
- An outlaw or bandit, especially in Spain or Mexico.
- 1984, James W. Daddysman, The Matamoros trade: Confederate commerce, diplomacy, and intrigue:
- Mexico was torn by revolutionary turmoil, and the eastern border state of Tamaulipas was unable to control the bandoleros who plundered and murdered...
- 1997, Marcel Montecino, Sacred Heart:
- A bandolero was stuffing the bloodstained pesos into his shirt.
Spanish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editbandolero m (plural bandoleros, feminine bandolera, feminine plural bandoleras)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → English: bandolero
Further reading
edit- “bandolero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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