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villein
English
Alternative forms
- villain (archaic)
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman vilein, variant of vilain; from Medieval Latin villanus (“field hand”), from Latin villa (“country home”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?v?l?n/, /?v?le?n/
Noun
villein (plural villeins)
- (historical) A feudal tenant.
Hyponyms
- neif (female)
Related terms
- villain
Translations
Finnish
Adjective
villein
- superlative degree of villi
Declension
Adjective
villein
- Instructive plural form of villi.
Anagrams
- villien
Old French
Noun
villein m (oblique plural villeinz, nominative singular villeinz, nominative plural villein)
- Alternative form of vilain
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villain
English
Alternative forms
- villan (archaic)
Etymology
Probably from Middle English villein, from Old French vilein (modern French vilain), in turn from Late Latin villanus, meaning serf or peasant, someone who is bound to the soil of a Latin villa, which is to say, worked on the equivalent of a plantation in late Antiquity, in Italy or Gaul.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?v?l?n/
- Rhymes: -?l?n
Noun
villain (plural villains, feminine villainess)
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) A vile, wicked person.
- An extremely depraved person, or one capable or guilty of great crimes.
- A deliberate scoundrel.
- In fiction, a character who has the role of being bad, especially antagonizing the hero.
- Synonyms: antagonist; see also Thesaurus:villain
- July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises[2]
- As The Dark Knight Rises brings a close to Christopher Nolan’s staggeringly ambitious Batman trilogy, it’s worth remembering that director chose The Scarecrow as his first villain—not necessarily the most popular among the comic’s gallery of rogues, but the one who set the tone for entire series.
- (poker) Any opponent player, especially a hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare: hero (“the current player”).
- Archaic form of villein.
Synonyms
- knave
- rascal
- scamp
- cad
- See also Thesaurus:villain
- See also Thesaurus:troublemaker
Derived terms
- anti-villain
- supervillain
- villainess
- villainise / villainize
Related terms
- villein
Translations
Verb
villain (third-person singular simple present villains, present participle villaining, simple past and past participle villained)
- (obsolete, transitive) To debase; to degrade.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir T. More to this entry?)
Further reading
- villain on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Villani, villian
Finnish
Alternative forms
- villojen
Noun
villain
- Genitive plural form of villa.
Anagrams
- villani
Old French
Noun
villain m (oblique plural villainz, nominative singular villainz, nominative plural villain)
- Alternative form of vilain
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