villain

[vilĀ·lain]

A villain is a bad person real or made up. In books, movies, current events, or history, the villain is the character who does mean, evil things on purpose.

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One who holds lands by a base, or servile, tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest class, a bondman or servant.

Noun
a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately

Noun
the principle bad character in a film or work of fiction


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 baseborn or clownish person; a boor.

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.

a.
Villainous.

v. t.
To debase; to degrade.


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.
&hand; Villains were of two sorts; villains regardant, that is, annexed to the manor (LL. adscripti gleb'91); 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?
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

Vil"lain, a. [F. vilain.] Villainous. [R.] Shak.

Villain

Vil"lain, v. t. To debase; to degrade. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

One who holds lands by a base, or servile, tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest class, a bondman or servant.

Villainous.

To debase; to degrade.

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Usage Examples

My theory of characterization is basically this: Put some dirt on a hero, and put some sunshine on the villain, one brush stroke of beauty on the villain.

I liked getting the best villain award. I thought that was funny.

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Other Usage Examples

I did this within a philosophical framework, and a moral and legal framework. And I have been turned into a cartoon of the greatest villain in the history of lobbying.

I think if you do something effectively whether you're the lover or the comic or the action guy or the villain like I play movies are very expensive to make. Chances are you'll get asked to play that part again.

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