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Originally, a low-born base-minded rustic; a man of ignoble ideas or instincts; in later use, an… (Usually with the.) The character in a play, novel…
(usually with the) a villain or enemy, esp. in a film or other work of fiction (in explicit or implicit contrast with good guy n. at good, adj. n.adv.…