Brigand

a bandit, especially one of a band of robbers in mountain or forest regions.
Historical Examples

Life and adventures of Frank and Jesse James J. A. Dacus
Carmen Prosper Merimee
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 Various
Carmen Prosper Merimee
Men’s Wives William Makepeace Thackeray
Virgin Soil Ivan S. Turgenev
History Of Ancient Civilization Charles Seignobos
New Italian sketches John Addington Symonds
His Masterpiece Emile Zola
Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf George W. M. Reynolds

noun
a bandit or plunderer, esp a member of a gang operating in mountainous areas
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