Billy the Kid

noun

William H. Bonney,1859–81, U.S. outlaw.
(italics) a ballet (1938) choreographed by Eugene Loring, with musical score by Aaron Copland.

Example sentences from the Web for billy the kid

  • Soapy was one of these Billy-the-Kid killers, the only one left from the old days.

    Crooked Trails and Straight |William MacLeod Raine

British Dictionary definitions for billy the kid

Billy the Kid

noun

nickname of William H. Bonney . 1859–81, US outlaw

Cultural definitions for billy the kid

Billy the Kid

An outlaw of the late nineteenth century in New Mexico, who claimed to have killed over twenty people; he was gunned down himself at age twenty-one. His real name is uncertain.