Desperado
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dɛspəˈɹɑːdəʊ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Desperado is a noun meaning A bold outlaw, especially one from southern portions of the Wild West.
Meaning
A bold outlaw, especially one from southern portions of the Wild West.
More Meanings
- (colloquial) A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, an addict, etc.
- (colloquial) A person who is desperately in love or is desperate for a romantic or sexual relationship.
- (chess) A piece that seems determined to give itself up, typically to bring about stalemate or perpetual check.
Example Sentences
Surely this was the face of a desperado.
The shortstops and desperados were not permitted to play in this marker crap game.
The kind of persons who excite or give signal to such revolutions — students, young men of letters […], or fierce and justly bankrupt desperadoes, acting everywhere on the discontent of the millions and blowing it into flame, — might give rise to reflections as to the character of our epoch.
Word Forms
- desperadoes
- desperados
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bandolero, outlaw, cowboy, renegade, desperate, bandit.
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