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villager

[ vil-i-jer ]

noun

  1. an inhabitant of a village.


ˈvillager

/ ˈvɪlɪdʒə /

noun

  1. an inhabitant of a village


adjective

  1. backward, unsophisticated, or illiterate

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Other Words From

  • non·villag·er noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of villager1

First recorded in 1560–70; village + -er 1

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Example Sentences

So, they randomly select a poor villager and strap a bucket of rats against his chest.

Despite the look of plenty, it had not been a good one, according to one villager.

“The Taliban hate our small village of 60 homes and families,” says Sabray villager Muhammad Jan, 45.

Min is slated to be charged with the mass knifing, which injured 22 students and an 84-year-old villager.

Local media reported that suspect Min Yingjun was a local villager suffering from a mental disorder.

A traveller, stopped on his way by a torrent, asks a villager on the opposite bank to show him the ford: "Go to the right!"

It was at this point that some young villager called, in profuse compliment: "Three cheers for the Prince!"

How many events had occurred since he last walked along this path, and received a friendly bow and smile from every villager.

My clumsy villager's scales, on which potatoes may be weighed to within a kilogramme or so, do not permit of this precision.

"Perizzite," in fact, means "villager," and the word is a descriptive title rather than the name of a people or a race.

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