villager

noun

vil·​lag·​er ˈvi-li-jər 

: an inhabitant of a village

Synonyms of villager

• citizen
• resident

Examples of villager in a Sentence

the villagers have a reputation for being polite and helpful to the tourists

Recent Examples on the Web

One villager had been bitten and is being treated in hospital, while a dozen locals had formed a team to catch the snakes, the Hongxing report said. — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 7 July 2026

Some villagers tried to resist the takeover by shrimp farmers. — Zakir Hossain Chowdhury, The Dial, 7 July 2026

Thousands of people attend the festivities, during which villagers wearing 18th-century period costumes reenact the 1781 Siege of Pensacola, a turning point in the American Revolution. — Geraldo L. Cadava, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026

There were ten of us, with several large sacks of nonperishable items—canned fish, soap, bottled water—along with more than six hundred arepas that the villagers had cooked the night before. — Armando Ledezma, New Yorker, 30 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1570, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

villager

noun

vil·​lag·​er ˈvil-ij-ər 

: a person living in a village