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Definition of desperado noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

desperado

noun

NAmE//ˌdɛspəˈrɑdoʊ//

(pl. desperadoes or desperados) (old-fashioned)

a man who does dangerous and criminal things without caring about himself or other people

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