What does "vigilante" mean?

A member of a vigilance committee.

How do you pronounce "vigilante"?

Pronounced //ˌvɪd͡ʒ.əˈlæn.ti//.

Common synonyms include: batman, extralegal, extralegal actor, fictional vigilante, neighborhood defender, private enforcer.

/ˌvɪd͡ʒ.əˈlæn.ti/ name, noun

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Noun

1
A member of a vigilance committee.
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3
A person who acts outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc.
"For example, a voice accusing a man of being a paedophile might be based on recent TV news programmes about antipaedophile vigilante groups, plus the memory of having been accused of being a pervert by a neighbour, plus fears that he might be a secret paedophile because he enjoyed reading Lolita."

Proper Noun

"A vigilante bypasses the law and takes matters into his own hands."

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