villager
an inhabitant of a village.
Origin of villager
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- non·vil·lag·er, noun
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How to use villager in a sentence
Much of the effort to fight the blazes has come from local villagers, who have taken the work of defending surrounding hay fields—essential for their livelihoods raising horses and cattle—into their own hands.
Villagers in Siberia, Facing Wildfires and a Warming Climate, Battle to Protect their Homes | Alejandro de la Garza | August 26, 2021 | TimePlayers feed the bugsnax — half-bug, half-snack creatures — to the villagers, or Grumpuses, whose body parts turn into snacks once they’re fed.
Threatened by local villagers and challenged by unpredictable weather and dangerous rock and ice falls, the climbers must decide whether to give up or commit fully to the quest.
The villagers had assumed they would still be able to take trees for lumber, harvest their medicinal plants or sell other bits from the forest during cash emergencies.
The first step in using trees to slow climate change: Protect the trees we have | Susan Milius | July 13, 2021 | Science NewsIt was the villagers rising to the defense of the boy who cried wolf by pointing out that, in fact, wolves do exist.
Tucker Carlson’s NSA claims are the latest example of the right wing’s rhetorical bait-and-switch | Philip Bump | July 8, 2021 | Washington Post
So, they randomly select a poor villager and strap a bucket of rats against his chest.
Game of Thrones’ 8 Most Gruesome Deaths: From The Mountain’s Exploding Head Kill to Rat Torture | Marlow Stern | June 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDespite 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.
The Afghan Village That Saved Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell | Sami Yousafzai, Ron Moreau | November 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMin 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.
Not Just Sandy Hook: China’s Terrifying Knife Attacks | Melinda Liu | December 15, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTA traveller, stopped on his way by a torrent, asks a villager on the opposite bank to show him the ford: "Go to the right!"
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)It was at this point that some young villager called, in profuse compliment: "Three cheers for the Prince!"
When Valmond Came to Pontiac, Complete | Gilbert ParkerHow many events had occurred since he last walked along this path, and received a friendly bow and smile from every villager.
File No. 113 | Emile GaboriauMy clumsy villager's scales, on which potatoes may be weighed to within a kilogramme or so, do not permit of this precision.
More Hunting Wasps | J. Henri Fabre"Perizzite," in fact, means "villager," and the word is a descriptive title rather than the name of a people or a race.
Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations | Archibald Sayce
British Dictionary definitions for villager
/ (ˈvɪlɪdʒə) /
an inhabitant of a village
East African backward, unsophisticated, or illiterate
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