VILLAIN
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Vil"lain (?), n. [OE. vilein, F. vilain, LL. villanus, from villa a village, L. villa a farm. See Villa.]
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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.]
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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.
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&hand_; 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.
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2. A baseborn or clownish person; a boor. [R.]
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Pour the blood of the villain in one basin, and the blood of the gentleman in another, what difference shall there be proved?
Becon.
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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.
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Like a villain with a smiling cheek.
Shak.
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Calm, thinking villains, whom no faith could fix.
Pope.
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Vil"lain, a. [F. vilain.] Villainous. [R.] Shak.
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Vil"lain, v. t. To debase; to degrade. [Obs.] Sir T. More.
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