desperado
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- noun
- /ˌdɛspəˈrɑːdoʊ/
- US
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desperado
- How's my favorite desperado?
- an infamous desperado
- the desperado movie
Examples
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Hell, you're a regular ol' desperado, ain't you?
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After Watson died, he liked to tell about his shoot-out with the most fearful desperado who ever took a life around South Florida.
Fiction book (1990) -
You are a real desperado, Joe.
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What was this, some kind of a desperado?
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The police are looking for a handsome, young desperado... and a crazy old man with a broken chair.
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I don't know, you look like a desperado to me.
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'I guess you know you're running with a real desperado this time.
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There's an old desperado in one of the cells.
Fiction book (1992) -
If we're gonna live in a frontier town, maybe it's time for a desperado who's a little out there.
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The gang of masked desperados stormed into the bank, demanding cash from the tellers.
Synonyms
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A person who steals from people and breaks the law
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A bold dangerous outlaw who robs travelers and banks in the Wild West
Compounds
How Dangerous
Surface Forms
Etymology
Desperado comes from the Spanish desesperado, which means 'desperate' and is the same root as English desperate. Someone who is desperate may take dangerous risks, so desperado came to mean a bold, reckless outlaw.