villain

vil·lain  (vln)

n.

1. A wicked or evil person; a scoundrel.

2. A dramatic or fictional character who is typically at odds with the hero.

3. also (vln, v-ln) Variant of villein.

4. Something said to be the cause of particular trouble or an evil: poverty, the villain in the increase of crime.

5. Obsolete A peasant regarded as vile and brutish.

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[Middle English vilein, feudal serf, person of coarse feelings, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *vllnus, feudal serf, from Latin vlla, country house; see weik-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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villain

Noun

1. a wicked or evil person

2. the main wicked character in a novel or play [Late Latin villanus worker on a country estate]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	villain - a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately scoundrel unwelcome person, persona non grata - a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome blackguard, bounder, cad, hound, heel, dog - someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog" gallows bird - a person who deserves to be hanged knave, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, varlet, scalawag, scallywag - a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel villainess - a woman villain
	2.	villain - the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction baddie persona, theatrical role, role, character, part - an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona"

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villain

noun 1. evildoer, criminal, rogue, profligate, scoundrel, wretch, libertine, knave (archaic) reprobate, miscreant, malefactor, blackguard, rapscallion, caitiff (archaic) wrong 'un Austral. (slang)

noun 2. baddy, (informal) antihero << OPPOSITE hero

Translations

villain [ˈvɪlən] n (= scoundrel) → malvado/a (= criminal); maleante m/f see also pantomime

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villain [ˈvɪlən] n (= scoundrel) → scélérat m;

(Brit) (= criminal); bandit m;

(in novel etc) → traître m

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villain [ˈvɪlən] n (scoundrel) → Schurke m;

(in novel etc) → Bösewicht m;

(Brit) (criminal) → Verbrecher(in) m(f)

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villain [ˈvɪlən] n (= scoundrel) → canaglia (= criminal); criminale m;

(in novel etc) → cattivo