"vigilante" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌvɪd͡ʒ.ɪˈlæn.ti/ [UK], /ˌvɪd͡ʒ.ɪˈlɑːn.teɪ/ [UK], /ˌvɪd͡ʒ.əˈlæn.ti/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vigilante.wav Forms: vigilantes [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish vigilante (“watchman, guard”), from Latin vigilans. Doublet of vigilant. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|es|vigilante||watchman, guard}} Borrowed from Spanish vigilante (“watchman, guard”), {{der|en|la|vigilans}} Latin vigilans, {{dbt|en|vigilant}} Doublet of vigilant Head templates: {{en-noun}} vigilante (plural vigilantes)
  1. A member of a vigilance committee. [from 19th c.]
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  2. A person who acts outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc. Categories (topical): People Translations (person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law): 義務警員 /义务警员 (yìwù jǐngyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 治安會會員 /治安会会员 (zhì'ānhuì huìyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), lid van een waakzaamheidscomité (Dutch), eigenrechter (Dutch), sjálvrættarmaður (Faroese), omankädenoikeuden käyttäjä (Finnish), justicier [masculine] (French), Mitglied einer Bürgerwehr [neuter] (German), Vigilant [masculine, rare] (German), βιτζιλάντε (vitzilánte) (Greek), εθελοντής φρουρός (ethelontís frourós) (Greek), εκδικητής (ekdikitís) (Greek), önbíráskodó (Hungarian), önkéntes/önjelölt polgárőr (Hungarian), önkényes igazságosztó/rendfenntartó (Hungarian), 自警団員 (jikeidan'in) (alt: じけいだんいん) (Japanese), but see samozwańczy obrońca [masculine] (Polish), justiceiro [masculine] (Portuguese), дружи́нник (družínnik) [masculine] (Russian), дружи́нница (družínnica) (english: member of a voluntary public order squad) [feminine] (Russian), виджила́нте (vidžilántɛ) [US, feminine, masculine] (Russian), член «комите́та бди́тельности» (alt: člen «komitéta bdítelʹnosti») [masculine] (Russian), титу́шка (titúška) [feminine, masculine, neologism] (Russian), хунвэйби́н (xunvɛjbín) [masculine] (Russian), черносо́тенец (černosótenec) (note: historically member of "Black Hundred") [masculine] (Russian), охотноря́дец (oxotnorjádec) [masculine] (Russian), погро́мщик (pogrómščik) [masculine] (Russian), justiciero [masculine] (Spanish), vigilantista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), ศาลเตี้ย (sǎan-dtîia) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-vigilante-en-noun-RmRejSiA Disambiguation of People: 3 97 Categories (other): Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Thai translations Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law': 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: vigilantism, digilante

Inflected forms

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        "A member of a vigilance committee."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vigilance committee",
          "vigilance committee"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "A member of a vigilance committee. [from 19th c.]"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005, Hazel E. Nelson, Cognitive-behavioural therapy with delusions and hallucinations, page 217:",
          "text": "For example, a voice accusing a man of being a paedophile might be based on recent TV news programmes about antipaedophile vigilante groups, plus the memory of having been accused of being a pervert by a neighbour, plus fears that he might be a secret paedophile because he enjoyed reading Lolita.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Richard Zelade, Lone Star Travel Guide to Central Texas, page 274:",
          "text": "Jeptha Billingsley, who was no prize pig himself (he had been arrested for horse theft and assault with intent to murder), was to be taught a lesson, and the vigilantes made him cut down the McLemores.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who acts outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc."
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌvɪd͡ʒ.ɪˈlæn.ti/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌvɪd͡ʒ.ɪˈlɑːn.teɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌvɪd͡ʒ.əˈlæn.ti/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yìwù jǐngyuán",
      "sense": "person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law",
      "word": "義務警員 /义务警员"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhì'ānhuì huìyuán",
      "sense": "person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law",
      "word": "治安會會員 /治安会会员"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law",
      "word": "lid van een waakzaamheidscomité"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law",
      "word": "eigenrechter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law",
      "word": "sjálvrættarmaður"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law",
      "word": "omankädenoikeuden käyttäjä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "justicier"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Mitglied einer Bürgerwehr"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "Vigilant"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vitzilánte",
      "sense": "person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law",
      "word": "βιτζιλάντε"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ethelontís frourós",
      "sense": "person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law",
      "word": "εθελοντής φρουρός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ekdikitís",
      "sense": "person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law",
      "word": "εκδικητής"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law",
      "word": "önbíráskodó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law",
      "word": "önkéntes/önjelölt polgárőr"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law",
      "word": "önkényes igazságosztó/rendfenntartó"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じけいだんいん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jikeidan'in",
      "sense": "person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law",
      "word": "自警団員"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "note": "no equivalent term in Polish",
      "sense": "person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "but see samozwańczy obrońca"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "justiceiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "družínnik",
      "sense": "person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дружи́нник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "member of a voluntary public order squad",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "družínnica",
      "sense": "person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дружи́нница"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vidžilántɛ",
      "sense": "person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "виджила́нте"
    },
    {
      "alt": "člen «komitéta bdítelʹnosti»",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "член «комите́та бди́тельности»"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "titúška",
      "sense": "person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neologism"
      ],
      "word": "титу́шка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xunvɛjbín",
      "sense": "person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хунвэйби́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "historically member of \"Black Hundred\"",
      "roman": "černosótenec",
      "sense": "person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "черносо́тенец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oxotnorjádec",
      "sense": "person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "охотноря́дец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pogrómščik",
      "sense": "person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "погро́мщик"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "justiciero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vigilantista"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sǎan-dtîia",
      "sense": "person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law",
      "word": "ศาลเตี้ย"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vigilante"
}

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