ladrone

or la·dron

[ luh-drohn ]

noun

, Southwestern U.S.

1. a thief.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ladrone¹

1550–60; < Spanish ladrón < Latin latrōn- (stem of latrō ) mercenary, bandit

Example Sentences

When I came to myself I was under my horse, saddle and all, and Ladrone was looking down at me in wonder.

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I will keep Ladrone—I am going to take him home with me—but the remainder of the outfit is yours.

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Ladrone lost the proud arch of his neck and the light lift of his small feet.

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I took a boyish delight in showing that Ladrone would walk a log or leap a ditch at the mere touch of my heel.

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In this action not a single Ladrone vessel was destroyed, and their loss about thirty or forty men.

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