picaro

(kä rō′)

noun pl. picaros

an adventurous rogue or vagabond

Origin: see picaresque

See picaro in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. pi·ca·ros (-rōzˌ, -rōsˌ)
  1. A rogue or adventurer. Also called picaroon.
  2. The main character in a picaresque work when that character is a man or boy.

Origin:

Origin: Spanish pícaro

Origin: , perhaps from picar, to prick

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *piccāre; see pique 

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