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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
villain /ˈvɪlən/
▶noun
- 1 a wicked person or a person guilty of a crime.
■ (in a play or novel) a character whose evil actions or motives are important to the plot.
- 2 archaic variant spelling of villein.
– derivatives
villainous adjective,
villainously adverb,
villainousness noun,
villainy noun (pl. villainies).
villainous adjective,
villainously adverb,
villainousness noun,
villainy noun (pl. villainies).
'villain' also found in these Oxford entries:
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