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Definition of Villeins

Villein
Villein Vil"lein, n. (Feudal Law) See Villain, 1.
villein
Villain Vil"lain, n. [OE. vilein, F. vilain, LL. villanus, from villa a village, L. villa a farm. See Villa.] 1. (Feudal Law) One who holds lands by a base, or servile, tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest class, a bondman or servant. [In this sense written also villan, and villein.] If any of my ansectors was a tenant, and a servant, and held his lands as a villain to his lord, his posterity also must do so, though accidentally they become noble. --Jer. Taylor. Note: Villains were of two sorts; villains regardant, that is, annexed to the manor (LL. adscripti gleb[ae]); and villains in gross, that is, annexed to the person of their lord, and transferable from one to another. --Blackstone. 2. A baseborn or clownish person; a boor. [R.] Pour the blood of the villain in one basin, and the blood of the gentleman in another, what difference shall there be proved? --Becon. 3. A vile, wicked person; a man extremely depraved, and capable or guilty of great crimes; a deliberate scoundrel; a knave; a rascal; a scamp. Like a villain with a smiling cheek. --Shak. Calm, thinking villains, whom no faith could fix. --Pope.

Meaning of Villeins from wikipedia

- paid to the lord as a fee for the loss of ****ure villeins that could have been borne by the woman. Villeins typically had to pay special taxes and fines that...
- needed] In medieval England, two types of villeins existedvilleins regardant that were tied to land and villeins in gross that could be traded separately...
- A knight-villein (Cavaleiro-vilão in Portuguese, caballero villano in Spanish) was a free plebeian hor**** who owned land, weapons and a horse, despite...
- without the lord's permission, and the customary payment. Although not free, villeins were by no means in the same position as slaves: they enjo**** legal rights...
- Socage (/ˈsɒkɪdʒ/) was one of the feudal duties and land tenure forms in the English feudal system. It eventually evolved into the freehold tenure called...
- dependent villeins of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Whichever theory may be the correct one, the position, economic, legal, and political, of villeins in...
- Kingdom. The do****ent sti****ted that « villeins, animals or some other chattel » could be traded. « Villeins » were rural semi-free laborers akin to...
- as the vill, with its inhabitants – if formally bound to the land – as villeins. In regions on the Continent, aristocrats and territorial magnates donated...
- / Landed gentry Franklin / Yeoman / Retinue / Vavasour Husbandman Free tenant Domestic servant Vagabond Serf / Villein / Bordar / Cottar Slave v t e...
- could imply "rustic" as well as "robber", as the English term villain/villein. In 21st-century English, the word "peasant" can mean "an ignorant, rude...