villager
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adjective
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Origin of villager
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"We've had help from no one - not the government, not NGOs," says villager Abdul Malik.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
"If someone chants the name of Mother Bonbibi, she will save his life from tigers, snakes, and crocodiles," said villager Ashutosh Mandal, 63, referring to a deity whose idol is worshipped at temples.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
Indonesian villager Supriyanto is visibly frustrated as he discusses the sprawling coal power plant emitting white plumes of smoke over his small fishing community.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
One says he disguised himself as a villager, hiding his city clothes to avoid detection at a checkpoint.
From BBC • May 23, 2024
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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