[des-puh-rah-doh, -rey-] 
| a bold, reckless criminal or outlaw, esp. in the early days of the American West. |
| des·per·a·do (děs'pə-rä'dō, -rā'-) n. pl. des·per·a·does or des·per·a·dos A bold or desperate outlaw, especially of the American frontier. [Probably from Spanish desperado, desesperado, desperate person, from past participle of desesperar, to despair, from Latin dēspērāre; see despair.] |
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