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Bandit

Popularized in Henry IV Part 2

Come, soldiers, show what cruelty ye can,
That this my death may never be forgot!
Great men oft die by vile bezonians:
A Roman sworder and banditto slave
Murder'd sweet Tully; Brutus' bastard hand
Stabb'd Julius Caesar; savage islanders


Um, banditto? Sounds Italian to us. Oh—that's because it is…via Latin, of course.

This word turned into bandit, a regular ol' outlaw.


Tag: Henry IV Part 2

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