bandido

American  

[ban-dee-doh] / bænˈdi doʊ /

noun

plural

bandidos

1. bandito.

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Etymology

Origin of bandido

< Spanish < Italian bandito. See bandit

Example Sentences

In the revolution of 1910, the black-tempered peasant led the first uprising against President Porfirio D�az, later joined that other hard-riding bandido, Emiliano Zapata, against the government of the opportunist Venustiano Carranza.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rod Steiger swaggers through various robberies as a goodhearted, simple-minded bandido whose fondest dream is to knock over the bank in Mesa Verde.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Sometimes El Patron seems definitely senile. He won’t talk for days and stares out the window. Other times he’s as sharp as the old bandido he once was.”

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

So—such a bandido as this Kitchell, he could take horses, good, trained horses—maybe from the army—and he would run them south.

From Rebel Spurs by Norton, Andre

All day long he snaps his revolver and pretends to be a bandido, and when he is not risking hell's fire in that way he is whirling his riata and jumping through it.

From Heart of the Sunset by Beach, Rex Ellingwood