Complete Definition of "desperado"

English
Etymology
From Spanish desperado#Spanish|desperado, past participle of desperar, from Latin disperare, �despair�, �lose hope�, from prefix dis- + sperare, �hope�.

Noun
en-noun|pldesperadoes|pl2desperados

  1. US a bold outlaw, especially one from southern portions of the Wild West

Translations
Finnish: desperado

Quotations
1918, w:Willa Cather|Willa Cather, w:My Antonia|My Antonia, Mirado Modern Classics, paperback edition, page 6
:Surely this was the face of a desperado.

Category:English nouns with irregular plurals

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