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A daring villain; a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; a professional assassin or murderer.

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  1. a. A daring villain; a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; a professional assassin or murderer.
  2. interj. Well done! excellent! an exclamation expressive of applause.
  3. n. a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
  4. n. a cry of approval as from an audience at the end of great performance
  5. v. applaud with shouts of ‘bravo’ or ‘brava’
  6. A daring villain; a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; a professional assassin or murderer. Safe from detection, seize the unwary prey. And stab, like bravoes, all who come this way. Churchill. Well done! excellent! an exclamation expressive of applause.
  7. A daring villain; a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; aprofessional assassin or murderer.Safe from detection, seize the unwary prey. And stab, like bravoes,all who come this way. Churchill.
  8. u:47/n:53 n. a cry of approval as from an audience at the end of great performance v. applaud with shouts of `bravo' or `brava'