Associations to the word «Felon»

Wiktionary

FELON, noun. A person who has committed a felony.
FELON, noun. (legal) A person who has been tried and convicted of a felony.
FELON, noun. (medicine) A bacterial infection at the end of a finger or toe.

Dictionary definition

FELON, noun. Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime.
FELON, noun. A purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats