▪ I. † latron Obs.
[ad. L. latrōn-em, latro, hireling, mercenary, freebooter, robber. Cf. ladrone.]
A robber, brigand, plunderer.
| 1613 Purchas Pilgrimage ii. vii. (1614) 133, I meane those Latron-patrons and Patron-latrons, whereof these extend to the vtmost whatsoeuer might, and whatsoeuer colour of right, in Exemptions, Customes, Priuiledges and prauileges whereby euery ‘John-a Stile’ shall intercept the Churches due. 1634 Canne Necess. Separ. (1849) 272 In their writings against the prelates..they call them all latrons. 1657 Thornley tr. Longus' Daphnis & Chloe 108 Counting such actions to suit better with a Latron than the Grand Captain of an Army. 1658 J. Jones Ovid's Ibis 116 What may sacrilegious latrons expect? 1879 G. Meredith Egoist III. iii. 74 The hymeneal pair are licensed freebooters levying black mail on us;..I apprehend that Mr. Whitford has a lower order of latrons in his mind. |
▪ II. latron
obs. Sc. variant of latrine, lectern.