badman
/ˈbadman/Chiefly US
noun
A desperado, a gunman, an outlaw, a violent or ruthless criminal; a villain.
- The specifically use is not always distinguishable from the transparent collocation bad man, even in the pioneer and frontier contexts (especially the Wild West) with which this use is chiefly associated..
Origin
Mid 19th century. From bad + man, after Spanish mal hombre bad person, hence (now especially in American Spanish) villain, criminal.
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