bandito

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noun

A bandit, particularly of the type associated with Mexico.

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Meanings

nounbandito (plural banditos)

plural banditos · alternative banditto

  1. A bandit, particularly of the type associated with Mexico.

    But I was at an age when a stinking twist of additive-soaked tobacco wrapped in brown paper could transform me into a kind of pale, stubble-free Irish bandito.

    1994 March 18, Patrick Griffin, “Let's Ban Smoking Outright”, in Chicago Reader
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    Gene Savoy, an amateur archaeologist whose success in finding some 40 Incan and pre-Incan ruins in Peru was matched by a flair for self-promotion that drew on his tales of peril in the jungle, his bandito mustache and Stetson hat, and a retinue of would-be explorers who paid to accompany him, died on Sept. 11 at his home in Reno, Nev. He was 80.

    2007 September 19, Douglas Martin, “Gene Savoy, Flamboyant Explorer of Ruins, Dies at 80”, in New York Times

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Origin

  1. Italianbandito
  2. Englishbandito

Borrowed from Italian bandito. Doublet of bandit.

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APA

bandito. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bandito

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“bandito.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bandito. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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