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{
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{
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razbójnik s bolʹšój dorogi",
"sense": "person who robbed travelers on roads",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "разбо́йник с большо́й дороги"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person who robbed travelers on roads",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bandolero"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person who robbed travelers on roads",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "salteador"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person who robbed travelers on roads",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "stråtrövare"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "person who robbed travelers on roads",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lleidr pen ffordd"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "person who robbed travelers on roads",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "carn-lleidr"
}
],
"word": "highwayman"
}
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