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des·per·a·do  (dsp-räd, -r-)

n. pl. des·per·a·does or des·per·a·dos

A bold or desperate outlaw, especially of the American frontier.

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[Probably from Spanish desperado, desesperado, desperate person, from past participle of desesperar, to despair, from Latin dsprre; see despair.]

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desperado

Noun

pl -does or -dos a reckless person ready to commit any violent illegal act [probably pseudo-Spanish]

Thesaurus

Noun

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desperado - a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier) desperate criminal U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

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desperado

noun criminal, thug, outlaw, villain, gangster, gunman, bandit, mugger (informal) cut-throat, hoodlum chiefly U.S. ruffian, heavy (slang) lawbreaker, skelm S. African