bravo
(noun) a cry of approval as from an audience at the end of great performance
assassin, assassinator, bravo
(noun) 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”
bravo
(verb) applaud with shouts of ‘bravo’ or ‘brava’
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bravo (plural bravos or bravoes)
A hired soldier; an assassin; a desperado.
A shout of "bravo!"
The letter B in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
• (hired soldier): see mercenary
bravo!
Used to express acclaim, especially to a performer.
Sometimes the (non-anglicized) Italian female form brava is used for a woman, and the Italian plural forms brave (feminine) and bravi (masculine or mixed).
• See well done
bravo (third-person singular simple present bravos, present participle bravoing, simple past and past participle bravoed)
To cheer or applaud, especially by saying bravo!
Bravo (plural Bravos)
A surname of Spanish origin.
Source: Wiktionary
Bra"vo, n.; pl. Bravoes. Etym: [I. See Brave, a.]
Definition: 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.
Bra"vo, interj. Etym: [It. See Brave.]
Definition: Well done! excellent! an exclamation expressive of applause.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
