"broken man" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: broken men [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|broken men}} broken man (plural broken men)
  1. (UK, historical) An outlaw, especially one inhabiting the Highlands and border country. Tags: UK, historical Categories (topical): Crime
    Sense id: en-broken_man-en-noun-12teUk1Q Disambiguation of Crime: 90 10 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 90 10 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 91 9
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see broken, man.
    Sense id: en-broken_man-en-noun-xnt4HSrc

Inflected forms

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