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villanus m ‎(genitive villanī); second declension

(medieval) A villein: a serf or low-class farm worker.
(medieval) A villager or other rural resident (opposed to burgensis).
- 1878, William Charles Smith, "Borough" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 62:
  The burgensis, or inhabitant of a walled town, was opposed to villanus, or inhabitant of the villa, or open town.

Second declension.