"big bad" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: big bads [plural]
Etymology: The noun was back-formed in 1998 in the episode “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered”, season two of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It is a nominalization derived from the long-established adjectival pattern within Big Bad Wolf and collocative constructions inspired by it (e.g., I tried to reason with her, but to her I'm just the big bad authority figure who can't be trusted). Head templates: {{en-noun}} big bad (plural big bads)
  1. A major adversary or antagonist of a piece of fiction. Categories (topical): Fiction Related terms: big and bad

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