Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Bravo"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bravo \Bra"vo\, n.; pl. {Bravoes}. [I. See {Brave}, a.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bravo \Bra"vo\, interj. [It. See {Brave}.]
Well done! excellent! an exclamation expressive of applause.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bravo
n 1: a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political
figure) who kills by a treacherous surprise attack and
often is hired to do the deed; "his assassins were
hunted down like animals"; "assassinators of kings and
emperors" [syn: {assassin}, {assassinator}]
2: a cry of approval as from an audience at the end of great
performance
v : applaud with shouts of "bravo" or "brava"
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