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

Other Word Forms

• nonvillager noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of villager¹

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

Example Sentences

From launching an apparel business in the mid-1970s with a sewing team of 11 villagers, Gao Dekang’s Bosideng today reports nearly four times as much annual revenue as Canada Goose, a large Western brand.

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"I was an untutored villager, with no idea of acting."

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Yet the mood of the local villagers was not unlike that of the Russian peasantry, for a revolution of sorts was brewing among them.

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At times, policies intended to preserve habitats have in turn hurt the local villagers.

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He was a terrible misanthrope, complaining that the villagers of Puchberg in Austria, where he worked as a schoolteacher in the early 1920s, were “1/4 animal and 3/4 human.”

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Related Words

• inhabitant 
• national 
• resident 
• taxpayer