brigand
noun
a bandit, especially one of a band of robbers in mountain or forest regions.
brigandish
-
a word derived from
brigand.
Example Sentences
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In her statement, Kim Yo-jong briefly mentioned Hodge’s comments before saying the United States “is letting loose a hackneyed gibberish prompted by its brigandish and abnormal thinking.”
From Washington Times ● May 31, 2023
In her statement, Kim Yo Jong briefly mentioned Hodge’s comments before saying the United States “is letting loose a hackneyed gibberish prompted by its brigandish and abnormal thinking.”
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2023
He was wont to wear velvet jackets, brigandish cloaks, black shirts, loose collars— the whole as shabby and disreputable as any tramp's.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was nothing brigandish or romantic about the appearance of the very ordinary-looking young man who put in an appearance at Starden village.
From The Imaginary Marriage by Henry St. John Cooper
His air would be regarded as violently brigandish in our day; we might even go so far as to think his whole appearance comical.
From Alice of Old Vincennes by Maurice Thompson
