Brīg'and, n.

n. [N. Fr. brigand, O. Fr. brigand, brigant, L. Lat. brigans, a light-armed soldier, N. Fr. robber, W. brigant, summit, highlander, plunderer, brigantian, highlander, depredator, from brig, top, summit, hill.] A lawless fellow who lives by plunder, or who belongs to a band of robbers; a robber; a freebooter.

Giving them not a little the air of brigands or banditti. Jeffrey.