Billy the Kid

noun

1. William H. Bonney, 1859–81, U.S. outlaw.

2. (italics),  a ballet (1938) choreographed by Eugene Loring, with musical score by Aaron Copland.

Billy the Kid

noun

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

Billy the Kid

1. 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.

Example Sentences

The Texan also starred in the films Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid, Heaven's Gate and - drawing on his musical background - the 1977 remake of A Star Is Born, alongside Barbra Streisand.

From BBC

One artist, many stars: Cate Blanchett plays Jude Quinn, as the fame-averse rocker in sunglasses and polka-dot shirt; Christian Bale portrays civil rights activist-singer Jack Rollins and Pastor John, representing Dylan’s gospel music phase; Ben Whishaw channels Dylan’s surrealistic tendencies as poet Arthur Rimbaud; Richard Gere, bearded and reclusive, portrays Billy the Kid, a nod to Dylan’s cameo in 1973 western “Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid”; Heath Ledger is actor Robbie Clark; and Marcus Carl Franklin plays young Black hobo Woody Guthrie, named after Dylan’s folk music hero.

From Los Angeles Times

Thousands of Blackberry Messenger communications obtained through wiretaps allegedly show Oseguera González conducting cartel business under handles that included “Forrest Gump,” “Ice Man” and “Billy the Kid.”

From Los Angeles Times

No doubt there's a long history of Americans romanticizing criminals, going back at least to Jesse James or Billy the Kid, who became icons of the Wild West.

From Salon

Former President Trump was on another one of his screeds about how Democratic prosecutors were persecuting him, saying he’d been “investigated by the Democrats more than Billy the Kid, Jesse James and Al Capone combined.”

From Los Angeles Times