VILLAIN


Meaning of VILLAIN in English

[vil.lain] n [ME vilain, vilein, fr. MF, fr. ML villanus, fr. L villa] (14c) 1: an uncouth person: boor

2: villein

3: a deliberate scoundrel or criminal

4: a scoundrel in a story or play

5: a person or thing blamed for a particular evil or difficulty "automation as the ~ in job ... displacement --M. H. Goldberg"

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