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Inflections of 'badman' (n): npl: badmen

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

bad′ man′, [Older Use.]

Dialect Terms, Slang Terms(sometimes caps.) the devil.
Dialect Terms, Slang Termsthe bogeyman.

1850–55, American.

bad•man n., pl. -men.

a bandit, outlaw, desperado, etc., esp. in the early history of the western U.S.

bad¹ + man 1850–55, American.

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