# badman

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #83,026

## Definitions
1. A violence-prone man who has had run-ins with the law; especially one from the Old West days of U.S. history.
2. A gangster.

## Etymology
From bad + man.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/badman