1 the main bad character in a story, play, etc:
He often plays the part of the villain.
2 a wicked person:
the heroes and villains of the 20th century
3 (BrE, informal) a criminal
IDIOMS
the villain of the piece (especially humorous) the person or thing that is responsible for all the trouble in a situation:
It's hard to identify the real villain of the piece in this case.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is villain a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, villain is tagged as noun.
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