bandolero
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish bandolero.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bandolero (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 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bandolero m (plural bandoleros, feminine bandolera, feminine plural bandoleras)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: bandolero
Further reading edit
- “bandolero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014