ladrone

English

Alternative forms

• ladron

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ladrón, from Latin latrōnem, accusative singular of latrō. Doublet of latron.

Noun

ladrone (plural ladrones)

1. A robber; a pirate; a rascal or rogue.
   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “His Own People”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 14:

     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 Drina, whom he was stalking.

Derived terms

• ladronism

Anagrams

• Landore, Leonard, Renaldo, endoral

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin latrōnem (accusative form). Doublet of ladro, from the Latin nominative latrō.

Noun

ladrone m (plural ladroni, feminine ladrona)

1. thief; robber (especially a highwayman)

Related terms

• ladro

Noun

ladrone f

1. plural of ladrona

Anagrams

• Leandro, Loredan, donarle, leandro, lodarne