badman

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noun

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.”

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Meanings

badman1

nounbadman (plural badmen)

plural badmen

  1. UShistoricalA 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. JamaicaA gangster.

Badman2

proper nounBadman (plural Badmans)

plural Badmans

  1. A surname transferred from the nickname.

Origin

badman · noun

From bad + man.

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Badman · proper noun

English occupational surname for the servant of someone called Badd or Batt, but possibly, in some cases, a nickname for a reprobate, from bad + man.

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Cite this entry
APA

badman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/badman

MLA

“badman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/badman. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “badman,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/badman.

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