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Definition of Dakoit
1. Noun. A member of an armed gang of robbers.
Geographical relationships: Burma, Myanmar, Union Of Burma, Bharat, India, Republic Of India
Generic synonyms: Stealer, Thief
Definition of Dakoit
1. n. See Dacoit, Dacoity.
Definition of Dakoit
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of dacoit) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dakoit
1. dacoit [n -S] - See also: dacoit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dakoit
Literary usage of Dakoit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1892)
"His forces were routed, and he fled with his father and the noted dakoit chief
Bo Le into the mountains. The country was scoured by flying parties searching ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"See e-rukt", <'r(jr. dakoit, dacoit (da-koif), n. ... One who is robbed by a dakoit.
[Bare.] It may be a pleasanter game to play the dacoit than the ..."
3. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1849)
"... and belongs to any part of India. The profession have particular stations,
where they generally murder, throwing the body into a well. The dakoit ..."
4. Author's & Printer's Dictionary: A Guide for Authors by Frederick Howard Collins (1912)
"-a. dais*, not dais. dakoit, use dac-*. Dakota, off. abbr. Dak. Dalai Lama, the
Grand Lama of Tibet. d'Alembert (J. le R), 1717-83, math. ..."
5. Himalayan journals; or, Notes of a naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1855)
"The profession have particular stations, which they generally select for murder,
throwing the body of their victim into a well. The dakoit ..."
6. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1891)
"It having been shown that the local government had official reports proving that
the murderer was Bocho, a still uncaptured dakoit chief, ..."
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