desperado Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)
    desperate criminal.

WordNet

Des`per*a"do noun
Etymology
OSp. desperado, p. p. of desperar, fr. L. desperare. See Desperate.
Wordforms
plural Desperadoes
Definitions
  1. A reckless, furious man; a person urged by furious passions, and regardless of consequence; a wild ruffian.

Webster 1913