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Definition
an armed thief — especially a member of a band that resides in the countryside- The road is not safe because of roving brigands.
- He sounds charming, but has the morals of a remorseless brigand.
- "I almost hesitated, though," replied the sailor; "you looked more like a brigand than an honest man, with your beard six inches, and your hair a foot long."Alexandre Dumas -- The Count of Monte Cristo
- We were afraid you had been captured by brigands.George Bernard Shaw -- Man And Superman
- They all went down to tea flushed and joyous as any mountain brigands.Edith Nesbit -- The Railway Children
- The hardships of the journey would be perfectly appalling, apart from the risk of brigandage or even treachery among their own escorting party.James Hilton -- Lost Horizon
- He was delighted with himself: he looked every inch a brigand.W. Somerset Maugham -- Of Human Bondage
- I counted three—a half dozen men of dubious character, brigands with eyes devoid of all conscience....Libba Bray -- Sweet Far Thing
- From some firsthand reports I've heard, I believe that he has used guided missiles against warships sent after his brigands.Roger Zelazny -- Lord of Light
- As it turned out it was Chapter Eight she wanted, a report of the author's own encounter with the Trystero brigands.Thomas Pynchon -- The Crying of Lot 49
- Good God, though we did play the brigand we might at least emulate the illustrious and spare pretty women.Hermann Hesse -- Steppenwolf
- But it was the Web authorities and brigands from whom we fled, no?Dan Simmons -- Hyperion
- The day I need military counsel from a Lysene brigand is the day I put off my crown and take the black.George R.R. Martin -- A Clash of Kings
- An episode of the brigandage of today and every day!Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- The Idiot
- In the old days such men turned from soldiers into brigands.Boris Pasternak -- Doctor Zhivago
- If I knew which rascal threw at the carriage, and if that brigand were sufficiently near it, he should be crushed under the wheels.Charles Dickens -- A Tale of Two Cities
- SECOND POET: Eight bleeding brigand carcasses strew the pavements there—all slit open with sword-gashes!Edmond Rostand -- Cyrano de Bergerac
- It was no brigand or orc-chieftain that ordered the assault upon the Lord of Mordor's greatest foe.J.R.R. Tolkien -- The Return of the King
- "Don't you remember," said the patron, "I told you that among the crew there were two Corsican brigands?"Alexandre Dumas -- The Count of Monte Cristo
- She thinks we're brigands who are going to sell her for a slave.Amy Tan -- The Joy Luck Club
brigands = armed thieves — especially members of a band that reside in the countryside
brigands = armed thieves — especially members of a band that reside in the countryside