vigilante

Borrowed from Spanish vigilante (“watchman, guard”), from Latin vigilans. Doublet of vigilant.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌvɪd͡ʒ.ɪˈlæn.ti/, /ˌvɪd͡ʒ.ɪˈlɑːn.teɪ/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌvɪd͡ʒ.əˈlæn.ti/

vigilante (plural vigilantes)

1. A member of a vigilance committee. [from 19th c.]
2. A person who acts outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc.

• vigilantism
• digilante

• genitival

• IPA^(key): /vi.ʒi.lɑ̃t/

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vigilante

1. feminine singular of vigilant

Borrowed from Latin vigilantem.

• IPA^(key): /vi.d͡ʒiˈlan.te/
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: vi‧gi‧làn‧te

vigilante (plural vigilanti)

1. present participle of vigilare

vigilante (plural vigilanti)

1. vigilant, watchful, alert

   Synonyms: vigile, attento

• vigilanza
• vigilare

vigilante m or f by sense (plural vigilanti)

1. security guard
2. vigilante

• vigliante

vigilante

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of vigilāns

Learned borrowing from Latin vigilantem.

• Hyphenation: vi‧gi‧lan‧te

vigilante m or f (plural vigilantes)

1. vigilant; watchful; observant (alert and paying close attention)

• vigilantemente

• vigilância
• vigiar

vigilante m or f by sense (plural vigilantes)

1. a person whose job is to watch over something; a security guard

   Synonyms: segurança, vigia

• “vigilante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Borrowed from Latin vigilantem.

• IPA^(key): /bixiˈlante/ [bi.xiˈlãn̪.t̪e]

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• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: vi‧gi‧lan‧te

vigilante m or f (masculine and feminine plural vigilantes)

1. watchful, alert, wakeful

   Synonyms: alerta, listo

vigilante m or f by sense (plural vigilantes)

1. guard, watchman

   Synonym: guarda

• “vigilante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

Unadapted borrowing from English vigilante, from Spanish vigilante, from Latin vigilāns. Doublet of bihilante. Used due to Tagalog-English code-switching (Taglish).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /vid͡ʒiˈlante/ [vɪ.d͡ʒɪˈlan̪.t̪ɛ]
  • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /bid͡ʒiˈlante/ [bɪ.d͡ʒɪˈlan̪.t̪ɛ], (more native-sounding, no yod coalescence) /bidjiˈlante/ [bɪd̪.jɪˈlan̪.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: vi‧gi‧lan‧te

vigilante (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜎᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. vigilante
2. a person suspected to be involved in extrajudicial killings in the drug war in the Philippines from 2016

• salvage

• “vigilante”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018