Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A thief; robber; highwayman; rogue.
- n. In the Philippine Islands, among American soldiers, a hostile Filipino soldier or ‘insurgent.’
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A robber; a pirate; hence, loosely, a rogue or rascal.
Etymologies
- Spanish ladron, Latin latro servant, robber. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“He saw the almost savage look that came over her swarthy face, and knew that after all, such a woman was fully as much to be feared as the stoutest ladrone.”
“But they had already discovered that he could be bullied, and they had it their own way; and presently Selwyn lay prone upon the nursery floor, impersonating a ladrone while pleasant shivers chased themselves over”
“Italy that Napoleon is known there to this day as _il gran ladrone_ and the chief duty of the new French officials in Italy, said Lucien”
“And outside of a few genocidal romps against the American Indian and the "pockmarked Khadiak ladrone" Filipinos, the population had not perhaps yet acquired the taste for blood, booty, and blitzkrieg that now so exemplifies The American Way.”
“Exactly as our aim is to give to the Indian who remains peaceful the fullest and amplest consideration, but to have it understood that we will show no weakness if he goes on the warpath, so we must make it evident, unless we are false to our own traditions and to the demands of civilization and humanity, that while we will do everything in our power for the Filipino who is peaceful, we will take the sternest measures with the Filipino who follows the path of the insurrecto and the ladrone.”
“Your master will probably think you deserted him, as your sort of wandering ladrone so often does. ”
“German ladrone who wants to come down and loot our country, "said Marco.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ladrone’.
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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Pirate Tango
Apparently a group of pirates is called a "tango."
pirate, harbor-pirate, swashbuckler, buccaneer, corsair, rover, sea-rover, sea-robber, sea wolf, sea-rat, water-thief, picaroon and 12 more...
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A Swell Mob
Kinds of thieves.
thief, sneak thief, burglar, cat burglar, picklock, puggard, robber, grave robber, piller, porch climber, prowler, larcenist and 133 more...
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