Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BAN'DIT
BAN'DIT, n. [plur. BAN'DITS or BAN-DIT'TI. It. bandito, from bandire, to proclaim, to banish or proscribe by proclamation. Bandito is the participle. Sp. bandido. See Ban.]
An outlaw; also, in a general sense, a robber; a highway man; a lawless or desperate fellow.
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