2 uses
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Definition
an armed thief — especially a member of a band that resides in the countryside
- Sometimes these tufts impart a rather brigandish expression to his otherwise solemn countenance.Chapters 73-75 — Stubb and Flask Kill a Right Whale; The Sperm Whale's Head, The Right Whale's Head (90% in)
- The brigandish guise which the Canaller so proudly sports; his slouched and gaily-ribboned hat betoken his grand features.Chapters 52-54 — The Albatross; The Gam; The Town-Ho's Story (57% in)
There are no more uses of "brigand" in Moby Dick.
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