badman
nounEtymology From bad + man.
1
US, Historical A violence-prone man who has had run-ins with the law; especially one from the Old West days of U.S. history.
- Billy the Kid was a badman.
2
Jamaica A gangster.
- Related terms
- bad guy, gunslinger
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