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villein    
n. 农奴

农奴

villein
n 1: (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned
by the feudal lord [synonym: {serf}, {helot}, {villein}]

Villain \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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Note: Villains were of two sorts; villains regardant, that
is, annexed to the manor (LL. adscripti glebae); 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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Villein \Vil"lein\, n. (Feudal Law)
See {Villain}, 1.
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26 Moby Thesaurus words for "villein":
bondmaid, bondman, bondslave, bondsman, bondswoman, captive,
chattel, chattel slave, churl, concubine, debt slave, galley slave,
helot, homager, liege, liege man, liege subject, odalisque, peon,
serf, servant, slave, subject, theow, thrall, vassal


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  • meaning - How did the archaic villein transform into villain . . .
    How did the archaic 'villein' transform into villain? This is the process of semantic change called degeneration or pejoration: Historical Linguistics semantic change in a word to a lower, less approved, or less respectable meaning Dictionary com Unabridged Based on the Random House Dictionary The entry for villain confirms this degeneration
  • What is the difference between peasant and villager?
    I think OP may be conflating villager one who lives in a village, with villein (or villain) a feudal serf in medieval times In the UK (and US, I would hope), the word peasant can't really be applied to living people except as a "metaphoric" insult, though I believe there still are people living as peasants in many other countries @Alenanno's
  • meaning - Is a villian neccesarily evil? - English Language Usage . . .
    One of the class of serfs in the feudal system; spec a peasant occupier or cultivator entirely subject to a lord ( villein in gross gross n 4 2e) or attached to a manor ( villein regardant regardant adj 1); a tenant in villeinage; also applied to a person regarded as holding a similar position in other communities, a bondsman
  • Derogatory word or term for a peasant lower class [closed]
    It tends to keep the literal, historical sense of the word and let the pejorative meanings go with villain; Century Dictionary writes that "the forms villain, villein, etc , are historically one, and the attempt to differentiate them in meaning is idle," but Fowler finds this "a useful piece of differentiation " Related: Villeinage
  • Does English have words to describe the lowest rank member of society . . .
    @Brian Hooper: Our villain implies something negative and not necessarily associated with class while 11th-century usage of villein deals specifically with class For some time this has been the case Orlando remarks to this effect in As You Like It: "he is thrice a villain that says such a father begot villeins" Maybe villains are at the
  • Term for when a negative word is used positively?
    Hence, villein, a medieval serf, and Anglo-Saxon ceorl, still lower in the hierarchy, deteriorated to villain and churlish, while noble and gentle, predictably, rose in moral connotations Geoffrey Hughes, Words in Time: A Social History of the English Vocabulary Source: Grammar About com An extract taken from Daily Koss
  • Why does the word peasant have such a negative meaning in English?
    So there never really were any British, let alone American, "peasants " One who worked the land but was not a serf might be a "villein" (talk about acquiring negative connotations!) BTW: In my old New York neighborhood that had a lot of Italian immigrants, my hairdresser had some customers who were "paisani "





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