† laron Obs.
Also 4 laroun, 6 la-roone, 7 lar(r)one, larroone.
[ad. OF. laron (F. larron):—L. latrōn-em. Cf. ladrone.]
A robber.
| 13.. K. Alis. 4209 Of thefthe Y wol me defende, Ageyn knyght, swayn, and baroun, That Y no am no laroun. 1598 Shakes. Merry W. i. iv. 71 O Diable, Diable: vat is in my Closset? Villanie, La-roone: Rugby, my Rapier. 1631 H. Shirley Mart. Souldier ii. iii, I am Prince over those Publicans, Lord over these Larroones, Regent of these Rugs. a 1656 Ussher Ann. vi. (1658) 358 But like a very Laron, sought to strip his brother of all that he had in his necessity. |