vigilante

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /vɪdʒɪˈlænti/, /vɪdʒɪˈlɑːnteɪ/

vigilante (plural vigilantes)

1. A person who considers it their own responsibility to uphold the law in their neighborhood and often does so summarily and without legal jurisdiction.

• vigilantism
• digilante

• genitival

vigilante

1. feminine singular of vigilant

Borrowed from Latin vigilans, vigilantem.

vigilante

1. present participle of vigilare

vigilante (masculine and feminine plural vigilanti)

1. vigilant, watchful, alert

• vigile, attento

• vigilanza
• vigilare

vigilante m or f (plural vigilanti)

1. security guard
2. vigilante

vigilante

1. ablative masculine singular of vigilāns
2. ablative feminine singular of vigilāns
3. ablative neuter singular of vigilāns

Borrowed from Latin vigilans, vigilantem.

vigilante m or f (plural vigilantes, comparable)

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

vigilante m, f (plural vigilantes)

1. a person whose job is to watch over something

• vigilância
• vigilar

Borrowed from Latin vigilans, vigilantem.

vigilante (plural vigilantes)

1. watchful, alert, wakeful

vigilante m or f (plural vigilantes)

1. guard, watchman

• vigilancia
• vigilar

Borrowed from English

IPA^(key): /bidʒiˈlante/

vigilante

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

• salvage