bandolier

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˌbændəˈlɪɹ/
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/ˌbændəˈlɪɹ/ · /ˌbændəˈlɪə/

Definition of bandolier

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
    “The vivid, untrammeled life appealed to him[…]; but he was wise and knew that once peace was established there would be no room in Cuba for the Sin Verguenza. “None better to face peril or adversity with, but a change is coming, and one cannot always wear the bandolier,” he said.”
    “We had each bandoliers of cartridges.”
    “[…] with the casual but combative look of the urban photographer, black T-shirt and baseball boots, twenty-pocketed waistcoat and bandolier of film.”

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Etymology

From earlier form bandollier, from Middle French bandoulliere, from Catalan bandolera, feminine derivative of bandoler (“member of a band of men”), from Catalan bàndol (“band, faction, party”), from Old Spanish bando.

Anagrams of bandolier

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