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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. One who takes or advocates the taking of law enforcement into one's own hands.
  2. n. A member of a vigilance committee.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A member of a vigilance committee.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A person who considers it their own responsibility to uphold the law in their neighbourhood.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. member of a vigilance committee

Etymologies

  1. Spanish, watchman, vigilante, from Latin vigilāns, vigilant-, present participle of vigilāre, to be watchful, from vigil, watchful; see weg- in Indo-European roots.

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‘vigilante’ has been looked up 1448 times, loved by 1 person, added to 38 lists, commented on 2 times, and has a Scrabble score of 13.