Word Meanings - BRIGANDISH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Like a brigand or freebooter; robberlike.

FREEBOOTER
One who plunders or pillages without the authority of national warfare; a member of a predatory band; a pillager; a buccaneer; a sea robber. Bacon. (more info) vrij free + buit booty, akin to E. booty. See Free, and Booty, and
BRIGANDAGE
Life and practice of brigands; highway robbery; plunder.
BRIGANDISH
Like a brigand or freebooter; robberlike.
BRIGANDINE
A coast of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, and sewed to Then put on all thy gorgeous arms, thy helmet, And brigandine of brass. Milton.
BRIGANDISM
Brigandage.
BRIGAND
LL. brigans light-armed soldier fr. brigare to strive, contend, fr. briga quarrel; prob. of German origin, and akin 1. A light-armed, irregular foot soldier. 2. A lawless fellow who lives by plunder; one of a band of robbers; especially, one
FREEBOOTERY
The act, practice, or gains of a freebooter; freebooting. Booth.