Noun: desperado (desperadoes,desperados) ,de-spu'raa-dow
- A bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)
"The desperado robbed three banks before being caught";
- desperate criminal
Derived forms: desperados, desperadoes
Type of: crim [Brit, informal], criminal, crook [informal], felon, malefactor [formal], outlaw
Encyclopedia: Desperado