About The Word Villain
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Villain
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What's The Definition Of Villain?
[n] a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
[n] the principle bad character in a film or work of fiction Synonyms | Synonyms for Villain: baddie | scoundrel Related Terms | Find terms related to Villain: See Also | blackguard | bounder | cad | character | dog | gallows bird | heel | hound | knave | part | persona | persona non grata | rapscallion | rascal | rogue | role | scalawag | scallywag | theatrical role | unwelcome person | varlet | villainess Villain In Webster's Dictionary \Vil"lain\, n. [OE. vilein, F. vilain, LL. villanus,
from villa a village, L. villa a farm. See {Villa}.]
1. (Feudal Law) One who holds lands by a base, or servile,
tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest
class, a bondman or servant. [In this sense written also
{villan}, and {villein}.]
If any of my ansectors was a tenant, and a servant,
and held his lands as a villain to his lord, his
posterity also must do so, though accidentally they
become noble. --Jer. Taylor.
Note: Villains were of two sorts; villains regardant, that
is, annexed to the manor (LL. adscripti gleb[ae]); and
villains in gross, that is, annexed to the person of
their lord, and transferable from one to another.
--Blackstone.
2. A baseborn or clownish person; a boor. [R.]
Pour the blood of the villain in one basin, and the
blood of the gentleman in another, what difference
shall there be proved? --Becon.
3. A vile, wicked person; a man extremely depraved, and
capable or guilty of great crimes; a deliberate scoundrel;
a knave; a rascal; a scamp.
Like a villain with a smiling cheek. --Shak.
Calm, thinking villains, whom no faith could fix.
--Pope.
\Vil"lain\, a. [F. vilain.] Villainous. [R.] --Shak. \Vil"lain\, v. t. To debase; to degrade. [Obs.] --Sir T. More. |
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