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. Shaks., 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.
