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One habituated to or ready for desperate deeds; = desperado, n. 2.
A desperate or reckless man; one ready for any deed of lawlessness or violence; = desperate, adj. 2.
A person who is considered ‘lost’; a desperate or depraved person; a dead person. Cf. perdu, n.