A member of a robber band or gang in India or Myanmar (Burma).
[Hindi ḍakait.]
dacoit
Dictionary:
da·coit da·koit (də-koit')  |
also n.
A member of a robber band or gang in India or Myanmar (Burma).
A member of a robber band or gang in India or Myanmar (Burma).
| Military History Companion: dacoit |
Dacoit (from Hindustani: dakait, a term used in India and Burma for a secular rural bandit, specifically a member of an armed outlaw gang, distinct from thāg and the murderous cult of Kali). The word acquired a military significance when British Indian army troops used it to describe the guerrillas who refused to surrender and fought on for a decade after Gen Prendergast's defeat of King Thibaw at the conclusion of the third Burma war in 1887. It remains in current use as a general term for brigand in India, although today it has no specifically military application.
— Peter Caddick-Adams
| WordNet: dacoit |
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
(in India and Burma) a member of an armed gang of robbers
Synonym: dakoit
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