vigilante
See also: Vigilante
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish vigilante (“watchman, guard”), from Latin vigilans. Doublet of vigilant.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌvɪd͡ʒ.ɪˈlæn.ti/, /ˌvɪd͡ʒ.ɪˈlɑːn.teɪ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˌvɪd͡ʒ.əˈlæn.ti/
Noun edit
vigilante (plural vigilantes)
- A member of a vigilance committee. [from 19th c.]
- A person who acts outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law
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Anagrams edit
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Adjective edit
vigilante
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin vigilantem.
Pronunciation edit
Participle edit
vigilante (plural vigilanti)
Adjective edit
vigilante (plural vigilanti)
Related terms edit
Noun edit
vigilante m or f by sense (plural vigilanti)
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Latin edit
Participle edit
vigilante
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin vigilantem.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: vi‧gi‧lan‧te
Adjective edit
vigilante m or f (plural vigilantes)
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Related terms edit
Noun edit
vigilante m or f by sense (plural vigilantes)
- a person whose job is to watch over something; a security guard
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin vigilantem.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /bixiˈlante/ [bi.xiˈlãn̪.t̪e]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: vi‧gi‧lan‧te
Adjective edit
vigilante m or f (masculine and feminine plural vigilantes)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
vigilante m or f by sense (plural vigilantes)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “vigilante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English vigilante, from Spanish vigilante, from Latin vigilāns. Doublet of bihilante.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vigilante (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜎᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)
- vigilante
- a person suspected to be involved in extrajudicial killings in the drug war in the Philippines from 2016.
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “vigilante”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018