villain

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Betekenis (Engels)

1. A vile, wicked person.
2. A vile, wicked person.
3. A low-born, abject person.
4. In fiction, a character who has the role of being bad, especially antagonizing the hero; an antagonist who is also evil or malevolent.
5. Any opponent player, especially a hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare: hero (“the current player”).
6. Archaic form of villein (“feudal tenant, peasant, serf”).

schurk

snoodaard

zwijnjak

onvrĳe

onvrije

lĳfeigene

wicked person

bad person

bad character

bad deed

dishonest person

backguard

strong-armer

villain’s part

suspicious fellow

despicable person

vile person

plug-ugly

evil man

horrible person

horrid person

negative character

negative role

yobo

assassin

black-guard

bad man

old fox

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Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈvɪl.ən/

Probably from Middle English vilein, from Old French vilein (modern French vilain), in turn from Late Latin villanus, meaning serf or peasant, someone who is bound to the soil of a Latin villa, which is to say, worked on the equivalent of a plantation in late Antiquity, in Italy or Gaul. Doublet of villein.