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 Words From

• non·villag·er noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of villager¹

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

Example Sentences

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.

From Time

Players feed the bugsnax — half-bug, half-snack creatures — to the villagers, or Grumpuses, whose body parts turn into snacks once they’re fed.

From Digiday

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.

From Outside Online

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.

From Science News

It was the villagers rising to the defense of the boy who cried wolf by pointing out that, in fact, wolves do exist.

From Washington Post

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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!"

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• inhabitant
• national
• resident
• taxpayer