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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Brigand

/(brĭg"and)/ · Brig·and · IPA /ˈbɹɪɡ.ənd/
01 n. A light-armed, irregular foot soldier.
  1. 1.
    A light-armed, irregular foot soldier.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    A lawless fellow who lives by plunder; one of a band of robbers; especially, one of a gang living in mountain retreats; a highwayman; a freebooter.
    “Giving them not a little the air of brigands or banditti.” — Jeffery.