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DESPERADO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: desperadoes   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)

Synonyms:

desperado; desperate criminal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("desperado" is a kind of...):

criminal; crook; felon; malefactor; outlaw (someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime)

Domain region:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (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)

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