desperado n : a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier) [syn: desperate criminal] [also: desperadoes (pl)]

English

Etymology

From Spanish desperado, past participle of desperar, from Latin disperare, “despair”, “lose hope”, from prefix dis- + sperare, “hope”.

Noun

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

Translations

• Finnish: desperado

Quotations

• 1918, Willa Cather, My Antonia, Mirado Modern Classics, paperback edition, page 6

  Surely this was the face of a desperado.

Desperado ('desperate' in Spanish — this is an old and now incorrect usage of the word, today desesperado is the right word) means a person who cannot wait for something to happen, and sometimes may recur to violent or reckless actions.

• "Desperados Waiting for a Train", a song written by Guy Clark
• Desperado (heavy metal group), a heavy metal band formed by Dee Snider
• Desperado (song), a 1973 song by the Eagles.
• Desperado (album), an album by the Eagles which also features the song "Desperado" (song)
• Desperado (film), a 1995 film that starred Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek and was directed by Robert Rodriguez.
• Desperado (TV series), a 1987 NBC television series that starred actor Alex McArthur
• Desperado (roller coaster), a rollercoaster that stands at Buffalo Bill's casino in Primm, Nevada, once the tallest, fastest and steepest hypercoaster in the world
• "Desperado" (Alice Cooper song), a song by Alice Cooper, appearing on the album Killer
• Desperadoes, a comic book series
• Desperado (chess), a chess piece that seems determined to give itself up
• Dallas Desperados, a franchise in the Arena Football League
• Desperado (country-rock group), a Romania-based country-rock band
• Desperado (video game), a computer video game by Topo Soft
• Desperados, a group of people who are desperate for God and meet to pray in homes
• Desperado, An alcoholic drink

See also

• Desperados
• Highwayman
• Outlaw
• Stock character
• Villain

External links

• Desperado in the RAE Spanish dictionary.

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