villager

noun

vil·​lag·​er ˈvi-li-jər How to pronounce villager (audio)
: an inhabitant of a village

Examples of villager in a Sentence

the villagers have a reputation for being polite and helpful to the tourists
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Smaller homes dot rolling hills, as do trees and villagers. Elise Taylor, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2025 The Denver Post in 2022 published a three-part investigation that documented, for the first time, how local villagers dredged these valuable antiquities from a secret vault at the Plai Bat II temple in northeast Thailand and sold them to a burgeoning collector named Douglas Latchford. Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2025 According to the folklore, a mythical beast would come and devour villagers and livestock each Chinese New Year, but the beast was afraid of loud noises and the color red. Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Jan. 2025 Dasha, Yuri’s long-absent mother sympathetically portrayed by Emily Watson, is another villager who’s awestruck by the ochi. Justin Lowe, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for villager 

Word History

First Known Use

1570, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of villager was in 1570

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“Villager.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/villager. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.

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villager

noun
vil·​lag·​er ˈvil-ij-ər How to pronounce villager (audio)
: a person living in a village

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