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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

felon adj. (poet.) cruel, wicked; sb. †wicked person; one who has committed felony. XIII. — (O)F. felon (OF. nom. fel) :- medL. fellō, -ōn-, of unkn. orig.
So felony †villainy, perfidy, crime XIII; (leg.) crime of greater gravity than a misdemeanour XIV. — (O)F. felonie; see -Y3. Hence felonious XVI.

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felon

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

fel·on / ˈfelən/ • n. a person who has been convicted of a felony. • adj. archaic cruel; wicked: the felon hand of dark corruption. fel·on² • n. archaic term for whitlow.

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Felon

West's Encyclopedia of American Law | 2005 | Copyright

FELON

An individual who commits a crime of a serious nature, such asburglaryor murder. A person who commits a felony.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

felon •Alan, gallon, talon •raglan •biathlon, heptathlon, pentathlon, tetrathlon, triathlon •Guatemalan, Marlon •Ellen, felon, Magellan, Mellon, melon •Veblen • Declan • watermelon •Venezuelan • Elan •Anguillan, Dillon, Dylan, kiln, Macmillan, Milne, villain •limekiln • abutilon •pylon, upsilon •Hohenzollern, pollan, pollen, Stollen •Lachlan •befallen, fallen •chapfallen • crestfallen •Angolan, colon, Nolan, semicolon, stolen, swollen •kulan •woollen (US woolen) •sullen • myrobalan • gonfalon •castellan •ortolan, portolan •Köln, merlon

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