Hypertext Webster Gateway: "felon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Felon \Fel"on\, n. [OE., adj., cruel, n., villain, ruffian,
traitor, whitlow, F. f['e]lon traitor, in OF. also, villain,
fr. LL. felo. See Fell, a.]
1. (Law) A person who has committed a felony.
2. A person guilty or capable of heinous crime.
3. (Med.) A kind of whitlow; a painful imflammation of the
periosteum of a finger, usually of the last joint.
Syn: Criminal; convict; malefactor; culprit.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Felon \Fel"on\, a.
Characteristic of a felon; malignant; fierce; malicious;
cruel; traitorous; disloyal.
Vain shows of love to vail his felon hate. --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
felon
n 1: someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a
crime [syn: {criminal}, {crook}, {outlaw}, {malefactor}]
2: a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the
area surrounding the nail [syn: {whitlow}]
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