A bold or desperate outlaw, especially of the American frontier.

Outlaw. Current literature indicates that desperado is derived from the spanish term desesperado which means a person with no hope. The term comes from esperanza which means hope. Adding “des” to the front makes it an antonym. Changing the ending “anza” to “ado&rdquo...

A violent criminal who is not afraid of dangerExamples from the Corpusdesperado• Then he eased himself through like a desperado entering a bar and ambled across the office, cracking quips like walnuts.• He has the sound of a desperado, she thought.• Suddenly, shockingly, the clergy...