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noun an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band
originFrom Middle English brigaunt, bregaund circa 1400, from Old French brigand (“foot soldier”) attested from 1421, from Italian briga (“trouble, bother”), perhaps ultimately of Proto-Germanic or Celtic origin.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0