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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vil•lain /ˈvɪlən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a cruel or evil person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime;
a scoundrel. - Literaturea character in a play, novel, or the like who commits cruel and evil deeds.
- Literaturea person, condition, etc., regarded as the source of a problem or evil:Unemployment is a constant villain.
vil•lain•ous, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vil•lain (vil′ən),USA pronunciation n. - a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime;
scoundrel. - Literaturea character in a play, novel, or the like, who constitutes an important evil agency in the plot.
- Law, World Historyvillein.
- Late Latin villānus a farm servant. See villa, -an
- Middle French
- Middle English vilein, vilain 1275–1325
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged knave, rascal, rapscallion, rogue, scamp.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: villain /ˈvɪlən/ n - a wicked or malevolent person
- (in a novel, play, film, etc) the main evil character and antagonist to the hero
- obsolete an uncouth person; boor
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French vilein serf, from Late Latin vīllānus worker on a country estate, from Latin: villaˈvillainess fem n vil•lein (vil′ən, -ān, vi lān′),USA pronunciation n. - Law, World Historya member of a class of partially free persons under the feudal system, who were serfs with respect to their lord but had the rights and privileges of freemen with respect to others.
Also, villain. - 1275–1325; Middle English; see villain
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: villein, villain /ˈvɪlən/ n - (in medieval Europe) a peasant personally bound to his lord, to whom he paid dues and services, sometimes commuted to rents, in return for his land
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French vilein serf; see villain |