VILLEIN

PRONUNCIATION: (VIL-uhn)

MEANING: noun: A peasant legally bound to a feudal lord, owing labor or dues in return for the use of land.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old French vilein (peasant), from Latin villanus (farm worker), from villa (country estate, farm). Earliest documented use: before 1325.
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VIOLEIN - a medieval musical instrument

VILE IN - a despicable means of entry based on knowing someone

V-IL LENIN - Founder 5-49 of the Red Russian political movement in the early Twentieth Century