bravo : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bravo	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for bravo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bravo 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; "his assassins were hunted down like animals"; "assassinators of kings and emperors" Synonym(s): assassin, assassinator, bravo a cry of approval as from an audience at the end of great performance v applaud with shouts of `bravo' or `brava'
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bravo \Bra"vo\, interj. [It. See {Brave}.] Well done! excellent! an exclamation expressive of applause.
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.