VILLAN
Vil"lan, n.
Defn: A villain. [R.]
VILLANAGE
Vil"lan*age (; 48), n. Etym: [OF. villenage, vilenage. See Villain.]
1. (Feudal Law)
Defn: The state of a villain, or serf; base servitude; tenure on condition of doing the meanest services for the lord. [In this sense written also villenage, and villeinage.] I speak even now as if sin were condemned in a perpetual villanage, never to be manumitted. Milton. Some faint traces of villanage were detected by the curious so late as the days of the Stuarts. Macaulay.
2. Baseness; infamy; villainy. [Obs.] Dryden.
VILLANEL
Vil`la*nel", n. Etym: [See Villanelle.]
Defn: A ballad. [Obs.] Cotton.
VILLANELLA Vil`la*nel"la, n.; pl. Villanelle. Etym: [It., a pretty country girl.] (Mus.)
Defn: An old rustic dance, accompanied with singing.