trabucaires
/tɾəβuˈkaɾəs/
CA
In 19th-century Catalonia, armed bandits who specialized in robbing stagecoaches and travelers along remote roads.
Els trabucaires van operar principalment a les zones muntanyenques de Catalunya.
The trabucaires operated mainly in the mountainous regions of Catalonia.
Etymology
The word derives from the Catalan 'trabuca', meaning blunderbuss, a type of shotgun that these bandits commonly carried.
Memory Aid
Remember that 'trabuc' means blunderbuss, which was the weapon trabucaires used.
Collocations
bandolers trabucairesatracament de trabucaires
Synonyms
bandolersbandits
Related Words
atracadorbandolerismeblunderbuss