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vigilantes

vigilantes is the plural of vigilante.

Meaning of vigilante

Noun

vigilante (plural vigilantes)

  1. A member of a vigilance committee.
  2. A person who acts outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc.
    • 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.2005, Hazel E. Nelson, Cognitive-behavioural therapy with delusions and hallucinations, page 217

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Proper noun capitalized: Vigilantes

Vigilantes

  1. (plural) plural of Vigilante

Questions about vigilantes

What is vigilantes the plural of?
Vigilantes is the plural of vigilante.
What part of speech is vigilantes?
Vigilantes is a proper noun.

Words near vigilantes in the dictionary

  1. vigilancy
  2. vigilant
  3. vigilante
  4. vigilanteism
  5. vigilantelike
  6. vigilantes
  7. Vigilantian
  8. vigilantism
  9. vigilantisms
  10. vigilantist
  11. vigilantly

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