Desperado

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Desperado \Des`per*a"do\, n.; pl. {Desperadoes}. [OSp.
     desperado, p. p. of desperar, fr. L. desperare. See
     {Desperate}.]
     A reckless, furious man; a person urged by furious passions,
     and regardless of consequence; a wild ruffian.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  desperado
       n : a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier) [syn: {desperate
           criminal}]
       [also: {desperadoes} (pl)]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  78 Moby Thesaurus words for "desperado":
     Cain, Judas, apache, assassin, assassinator, badman, bandit,
     betrayer, bloodletter, bloodshedder, bravo, bucko, bully, bullyboy,
     burker, butcher, button man, cannibal, convict, criminal, crook,
     cutthroat, deceiver, desperate criminal, devil, double-dealer,
     eradicator, executioner, exterminator, felon, fugitive,
     gallows bird, gangster, gaolbird, garroter, gorilla, gun, gunman,
     gunsel, hatchet man, head-hunter, hell-raiser, hellcat, hit man,
     homicidal maniac, homicide, jailbird, killer, lawbreaker, mad dog,
     man-eater, man-killer, manslayer, massacrer, matador, mobster,
     murderer, outlaw, pesticide, poison, poisoner, public enemy,
     quisling, racketeer, rough, rowdy, ruffian, scofflaw, slaughterer,
     slayer, strangler, swindler, thief, thug, torpedo, traitor,
     trigger man, two-timer