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Synonyms for vigilante

Grammar : Noun
Spell : vij-uh-lan-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˌvɪdʒ əˈlæn ti

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Définition of vigilante

Origin :
  • "member of a vigilance committee," 1856, American English, from Spanish vigilante, literally "watchman," from Latin 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.
  • As in vigilance committee : noun group that watches out
  • As in posse : noun gang
  • As in guardian : noun keeper, protector
Example sentences :
  • All those who had joined the vigilante movement were marked men.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Outlaw » by Emerson Hough
  • There's nothing I'm so sick of hearing as this vigilante stuff.
  • Extract from : « Laramie Holds the Range » by Frank H. Spearman
  • "It's the vigilante," he said, returning to the veranda where we were sitting.
  • Extract from : « The Fortunate Isles » by Mary Stuart Boyd
  • "But I gave the vigilante his penny this morning," I said, hastening to the door.
  • Extract from : « The Fortunate Isles » by Mary Stuart Boyd
  • You don't mean to say she loves that Vigilante—that mining fellow?
  • Extract from : « Miss Dividends » by Archibald Clavering Gunter
  • Our Vigilante justice may be rough and ready, but it fits the time and place.
  • Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 29, May 1893 » by Various
  • “I was just thinking of our big Vigilante organization,” he chuckled.
  • Extract from : « Gold » by Stewart White
  • It proved to be Garrison, accompanied by the Vigilante chief.
  • Extract from : « Port O' Gold » by Louis John Stellman
  • Thursday morning carpenters were seen at work on the Vigilante building.
  • Extract from : « Port O' Gold » by Louis John Stellman
  • A cry went up as the windows of Vigilante headquarters were opened.
  • Extract from : « Port O' Gold » by Louis John Stellman
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