vigilante

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• UK: /ˌvɪd͡ʒ.ɪˈlæn.ti/
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• UK: /ˌvɪd͡ʒ.ɪˈlɑːn.teɪ/
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• US: /ˌvɪd͡ʒ.əˈlæn.ti/
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• CMU ARPABET: V IH2 JH AH0 L AE1 N T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Spanish vigilante (“watchman, guard”), from Latin vigilans. Doublet of vigilant.

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 義務警員 /义务警员 (yìwù jǐngyuán) — person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law
• Chinese Mandarin: 治安會會員 /治安会会员 (zhì'ānhuì huìyuán) — person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law
• Dutch: lid van een waakzaamheidscomité — person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law
• Dutch: eigenrechter — person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law
• Faroese: sjálvrættarmaður — person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law
• Finnish: omankädenoikeuden käyttäjä — person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law
• French: justicier — person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law
• German: Bürgerwehrler — person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law
• German: Mitglied einer Bürgerwehr — person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law
• Greek: βιτζιλάντε (vitzilánte) — person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law
• Greek: εθελοντής φρουρός (ethelontís frourós) — person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law
• Greek: εκδικητής (ekdikitís) — person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law
• Hungarian: önbíráskodó — person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law
• Hungarian: önkéntes/önjelölt polgárőr — person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law
• Hungarian: önkényes igazságosztó/rendfenntartó — person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law
• Japanese: 自警団員 (jikeidan'in) — person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law
• Polish: but see samozwańczy obrońca — person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law
• Portuguese: justiceiro — person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law
• Russian: дружи́нник (družínnik) — person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law
• Russian: дружи́нница (družínnica) — person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law
• Russian: виджила́нте (vidžilántɛ) — person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law
• Russian: член «комите́та бди́тельности» — person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law
• Russian: титу́шка (titúška) — person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law
• Russian: хунвэйби́н (xunvɛjbín) — person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law
• Russian: черносо́тенец (černosótenec) — person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law
• Russian: охотноря́дец (oxotnorjádec) — person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law
• Russian: погро́мщик (pogrómščik) — person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law
• Spanish: justiciero — person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law
• Spanish: vigilantista — person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law
• Thai: ศาลเตี้ย (sǎan-dtîia) — person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law
• Turkish: kabadayı — person who considers it their responsibility to summarily uphold the law