jagunço

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jagunço

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From Portuguese jagunço.

noun jagunços

A hired gunman in backland Brazil; a militiaman or bodyguard; a bandit or outlaw. Maria Quadrado, Alexandrinha Correa, and Gertrudes […] went around placing the dead bodies of jagunços in hammock litters so that they could be carried back to Canudos to be buried.

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"jagunço." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jagun%C3%A7o. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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jagunço. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jagun%C3%A7o

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"jagunço." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jagun%C3%A7o.

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@misc{jagunc_o_2026,
  title = {jagunço},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jagun%C3%A7o},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}