villager

noun

vil·lag·er ˈvi-li-jər

Synonyms of villager

: 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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Andrey Khrzhanovskiy, a blogger who filmed the assault, said the settlers beat Levine with sticks while the journalists and villagers were forced to retreat. — Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026 Armando Babani / Getty Reuters found no evidence of wrongdoing by Kushner, who is not directly involved in the villagers’ dispute. — Reuters, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2026 Levine had been covering attacks by the settlers on Palestinian villagers. — Press Freedom Desk, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2026 When the village doctor is found murdered, villagers turn on the boy – leaving the amnesiac stranger, who is experiencing flashbacks to a previous life in England, as his only hope as his powers of deduction return. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for villager

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1570, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of villager was in 1570

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villager

noun

vil·lag·er ˈvil-ij-ər

: a person living in a village

villager

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