A name given by Swift, in ?Gulliver's Travels,? to a feigned race of brutes having the form of man and all his degrading passions, Hence, any brutish or vicious character, A rough, coarse, or uncouth person; yokel; lout, interjection_ An exclamation of joy, A battle cry

A practice or habit considered to be evil, degrading, or immoral, Prostitution, the sale of illegal drugs, and certain other forms of usually nonviolent criminal behavior, A vice-chairman, vice-president, or other substitute or deputy, the principal or primary officer being indicated by the context, adjective_ Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office that is second in rank or authority, the office of a vice admiral, a court with admiralty jurisdiction, established by authority of Parliament in British possessions beyond the seas, preposition_ instead of, in place of

Possessing hereditary rank in a political system or social class derived from a feudalistic stage of a country's development, Proceeding from or indicative of such a character; showing magnanimity, Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous, noun_ a titled peer of the realm, A person of rank above a commoner; a nobleman; a peer, A gold coin formerly used in England, worth half of a mark