villain
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Villain Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Villain
(v. t.)
To debase; to degrade.
(n.)
One who holds lands by a base, or servile, tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest class, a bondman or servant.
(n.)
A vile, wicked person; a man extremely depraved, and capable or guilty of great crimes; a deliberate scoundrel; a knave; a rascal; a scamp.
(n.)
A baseborn or clownish person; a boor.
(a.)
Villainous.
(v. t.)
To debase; to degrade.
(n.)
One who holds lands by a base, or servile, tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest class, a bondman or servant.
(n.)
A vile, wicked person; a man extremely depraved, and capable or guilty of great crimes; a deliberate scoundrel; a knave; a rascal; a scamp.
(n.)
A baseborn or clownish person; a boor.
(a.)
Villainous.
| WordNet 2.0 |
villain
Noun
1. a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
(synonym) scoundrel
(hypernym) unwelcome person, persona non grata
(hyponym) cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, hound, heel
2. the principle bad character in a film or work of fiction
(synonym) baddie
(hypernym) character, role, theatrical role, part, persona
Noun
1. a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
(synonym) scoundrel
(hypernym) unwelcome person, persona non grata
(hyponym) cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, hound, heel
2. the principle bad character in a film or work of fiction
(synonym) baddie
(hypernym) character, role, theatrical role, part, persona
| Shakespeare Words |
VILLAIN
a lowborn man
a lowborn man
| GLOSSARY OF ESOTERIC WORDS |
VILLAIN
1. scoundrel in a story or play
2.A wicked or evil person
EG:In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today. They don't want their villain to be thrown at them with green limelight on his face. They want an ordinary human being with failings.(A.HITCHCOCK)
1. scoundrel in a story or play
2.A wicked or evil person
EG:In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today. They don't want their villain to be thrown at them with green limelight on his face. They want an ordinary human being with failings.(A.HITCHCOCK)
| hEnglish - advanced version |
villain
villain
\vil"lain\, a. [f. vilain.] villainous. [r.]
villain
\vil"lain\, v. t. to debase; to degrade. [obs.] t. more.
villain
\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. taylor.
note: villains were of two sorts; villains regardant, that is, annexed to the manor (ll. adscripti gleb?); and villains in gross, that is, annexed to the person of their lord, and transferable from one to another.
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. calm, thinking villains, whom no faith could fix.
villain
n
1. a wicked or evil person [syn: scoundrel]
2. the principle bad character in a work of fiction
villain
\vil"lain\, a. [f. vilain.] villainous. [r.]
villain
\vil"lain\, v. t. to debase; to degrade. [obs.] t. more.
villain
\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. taylor.
note: villains were of two sorts; villains regardant, that is, annexed to the manor (ll. adscripti gleb?); and villains in gross, that is, annexed to the person of their lord, and transferable from one to another.
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. calm, thinking villains, whom no faith could fix.
villain
n
1. a wicked or evil person [syn: scoundrel]
2. the principle bad character in a work of fiction
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
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Villain Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Villain
A villain is an "evil" character in a story, whether an historical narrative or, especially, a work of fiction. The villain is the bad guy, the characters who fight against the hero. A female villain is sometimes called a villainess.
A villain's disposition towards evil distinguishes them from an antagonist. For example, Javert in Les Miserables is an antagonist: He opposes the hero, but does so by such means and under such pretexts as not to become entirely odious to the reader; a villain may, in fact, even repent, be redeemed, or become a "good guy" in the end. (A villain is virtually always an antagonist, but an antagonist is not always a villain.) The villain is also distinct from the anti-hero, a character who violates the law or the prevailing social standards, but who nevertheless has the audience's sympathy (and may be or become good-hearted), and is therefore the real hero of the story. Sometimes, a villain may even appear as the protagonist of a story, while the hero who opposes them may be the antagonist.
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