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VILLAIN

Volume 3 · 65 words · 1771 Edition

or Villein, in our ancient customs, denotes a man of servile and base condition, viz. a bondman or servant.

Villa Real, the name of two towns; the one in Spain, thirty miles north of Valencia; and the other in Portugal, sixty miles east of Porto.

Villa Rica, a port-town of Mexico, situated on the gulph of Mexico, in W. long. 100°, and N. lat. 20°.