villain, scoundrel
(noun) a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
villain, baddie
(noun) the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction
Source: WordNet® 3.1
villain
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: bad guy, Thesaurus:villain
(poker) Any opponent player, especially a hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare: hero (“the current player”).
Archaic form of villein.
• knave
• rascal
• scamp
• cad
• See also villain
• See also troublemaker
villain (third-person singular simple present villains, present participle villaining, simple past and past participle villained)
(obsolete, transitive) To debase; to degrade.
• Villani, villian
Source: Wiktionary
Vil"lain, n. Etym: [OE. vilein, F. vilain, LL. villanus, from villa a village, L. villa a farm. See Villa.]
1. (Feudal Law)
Definition: 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 glebæ); 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. Etym: [F. vilain.]
Definition: Villainous. [R.] Shak.
Vil"lain, v. t.
Definition: To debase; to degrade. [Obs.] Sir T. More.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 February 2025
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