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villager

American  
[vil-i-jer] / ˈvɪl ɪ dʒər /

noun

  1. an inhabitant of a village.


villager British  
/ ˈvɪlɪdʒə /

noun

  1. an inhabitant of a village

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. backward, unsophisticated, or illiterate

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of villager

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

Example Sentences

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In desperation, Bishar Mohamed, no relation to the first villager, travelled more than 150 kilometres with his herd of 170 goats in search of pasture.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

One villager, who lives close to one of the raided locations in Worcestershire, told the BBC that tonnes of waste were being shredded at the site before being dumped elsewhere.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

For villager Zhang Yanjun, that amount hardly made a dent in his bill of several thousand yuan per season.

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

Last July, a villager saved a drowning child by reviving him before he was sent to the hospital.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2025

Eighty years before his walk, a villager traipsing through the same woods had stumbled across a buried, six-foot-tall stone sculpture of a human head.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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