Definition of
Vigilante
- (noun, person) member of a vigilance committee
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Synonyms of Vigilante
Alternate forms of Vigilante
Hypernyms: unpaid worker, volunteer
Origin of the word Vigilante
- "member of a vigilance committee," 1856, Amer.Eng., from Sp. vigilante, lit. "watchman," from L. vigilantem (see vigilance). Vigilant man in same sense is attested from 1824 in a Missouri context. Vigilance committees kept informal rough order on the frontier or in other places where official authority was imperfect. more
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