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villain (adj.)
lowly, boorish, base
villain (n.)
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serf, servant, bondman
villain (n.)
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scoundrel, rogue, rascal
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Cym IV.ii.71
[Cloten to departing Belarius and Arviragus] [are you] Some villain mountaineers?