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Definitions for desperado
ˌdɛs pəˈrɑ doʊ, -ˈreɪ-des·per·a·do

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. desperado, desperate criminalnoun

    a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)

Wiktionary

  1. desperadonoun

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

  2. Etymology: From desesperado, past participle of desesperar, from disperare, from prefix dis- + sperare.

Wikipedia

  1. Desperado

    Desperado is a song by the American rock band Eagles. It was written by Glenn Frey and Don Henley and appeared on the 1973 album Desperado as well as numerous compilation albums. Although the song was never released as a single, it is one of the group's best known songs and ranked No. 494 on Rolling Stone's 2004 list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

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  1. desperado

    A desperado is a person who is involved in rebellious or criminal activities and has an aura of desperation and recklessness about them. They usually exhibit bold or violent behavior and don't generally regard or fear the consequences of their actions. The term is often used in the context of the wild west, referring to outlaws or bandits.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Desperadonoun

    a reckless, furious man; a person urged by furious passions, and regardless of consequence; a wild ruffian

  2. Etymology: [OSp. desperado, p. p. of desperar, fr. L. desperare. See Desperate.]

Wikidata

  1. Desperado

    "Desperado" is a soft rock song by the Eagles, an American rock band, written by group members Glenn Frey and Don Henley. It first appeared on the 1973 album Desperado, and has later appeared on numerous compilation albums although it was not a single. The song "Desperado" was ranked #494 on Rolling Stone's 2004 list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Don Henley began writing parts of this in the late '60s, but it wasn't arranged into a song until his songwriting teammate Glenn Frey came along. It was the first of many songs Henley and Frey wrote together. Henley explained in the liner notes for The Very Best of the Eagles: "Glenn came over to write one day, and I showed him this unfinished tune that I had been holding for so many years. I said, 'When I play it and sing it, I think of Ray Charles - Ray Charles and Stephen Foster. It's really a Southern gothic thing, but we can easily make it more Western.' Glenn leapt right on it - filled in the blanks and brought structure. And that was the beginning of our songwriting partnership - that's when we became a team." William Ruhlmann of Allmusic described the song as one of the band's best, saying that it showed the strength of Henley's and Frey's co-writing but also called it a "painfully slow ballad."

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Desperado

    des-pėr-ā′dō, n. a desperate fellow: one reckless of danger: a madman:—pl. Desperā′dos. [Sp. desesperado—L. desperātus.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of desperado in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of desperado in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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