the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The state of a villain, or serf; base servitude; tenure on condition of doing the meanest services for the lord.
n. Baseness; infamy; villainy.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. See villeinage.
Word Usage
"If you want white villanage, go into the hovels in the Nantahela range, where your hostess shall give you corn-cakes and fried opossum (which you eat with your fingers), and rye coffee poured into a gourd."