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villain

[ vil-uhn ]

noun

  1. a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime; scoundrel.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

  2. a character in a play, novel, or the like, who constitutes an important evil agency in the plot.
  3. a person or thing considered to be the cause of something bad:

    Fear is the villain that can sabotage our goals.



villain

/ ˈ±¹Éª±ôÉ™²Ô /

noun

  1. a wicked or malevolent person
  2. (in a novel, play, film, etc) the main evil character and antagonist to the hero
  3. humorous.
    a mischievous person; rogue
  4. slang:police.
    a criminal
  5. history a variant spelling of villein
  6. obsolete.
    an uncouth person; boor
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±¹¾±±ô±ô²¹¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun:feminine
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ³Ü²ú·±¹¾±±ôl²¹¾±²Ô noun
  • ³Ü²Ôd±ð°ù·±¹¾±±ôl²¹¾±²Ô noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of villain1

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English vilein, vilain “churlish rustic, serf,†from Middle French, from Vulgar Latin and Medieval Latin ±¹¾±±ô±ôÄå²Ô³Ü²õ “a farm servant, farmhandâ€; villa, -an
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of villain1

C14: from Old French vilein serf, from Late Latin ±¹Ä«±ô±ôÄå²Ô³Ü²õ worker on a country estate, from Latin: villa
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Such side-switching set him up as a hero and villain to both sides of the politician divide, giving him a unique appeal.

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Cena shocked fans when he returned to the ring earlier this year and ditched his good-guy image to turn heel - wrestling slang for "villain".

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Artificial Intelligence has long been depicted as a villain in Hollywood.

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