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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FEL'ON, n. [Low L. felo.]
1. In law, a person who has committed felony. [See Felony.]
2. A whitlow; a painful swelling formed in the periosteum at the end of the finger.
FEL'ON, a.
1. Malignant; fierce; malicious; proceeding from a depraved heart.
Vain shows of love to vail his felon hate.
2. Traitorous; disloyal.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime [syn: criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor]
2: a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail [syn: felon, whitlow]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French felun, fel evildoer, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German fillen to beat, whip, fel skin — more at fell Date: 13th century 1. one who has committed a felony 2. archaic villain 3. whitlow II. adjective Date: 13th century 1. archaic a. cruel b. evil 2. archaic wild

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & adj. --n. a person who has committed a felony. --adj. archaic cruel, wicked. Derivatives: felonry n. Etymology: ME f. OF f. med.L felo -onis, of unkn. orig. 2. n. an inflammatory sore on the finger near the nail. Etymology: ME, perh. as FELON(1): cf. med.L felo, fello in the same sense

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Felon Fel"on, a. Characteristic of a felon; malignant; fierce; malicious; cruel; traitorous; disloyal. Vain shows of love to vail his felon hate. --Pope.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(felons) A felon is a person who is guilty of committing a felony. (LEGAL) He's a convicted felon. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Culprit, criminal, malefactor, convict, outlaw. 2. Whitlow. II. a. (Poetical.) See felonious.

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