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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