Definition of villager
:an inhabitant of a village
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Examples of villager in a Sentence
the villagers have a reputation for being polite and helpful to the tourists
Recent Examples of villager from the Web
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The villagers remained after a court said police acted illegally.
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The villagers remained after a court said police acted illegally.
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The villagers remained after a court said police acted illegally.
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The villagers often travel for days through the bush to avoid indiscriminate killings by the marauding armed groups, which have set up checkpoints on the roads.
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Similarly, the satellite images showed that the villagers weren’t just cutting down trees in nearby forests, or making deals with neighbors who hadn’t enrolled in the program.
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Earlier this week, Boko Haram released a graphic video of its fighters publicly executing eight villagers in northeast Nigeria.
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Families whose lives revolved around the seasons and the needs of their livestock, gave up and became villagers.
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And so UNDP launched a ground-up building project that aims to restore Ngwom’s 300 houses in time for villagers to return for the farming season, which starts at the end of June.
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First Known Use of villager
1570
villager Synonyms
Synonyms
citizen, townie (or towny), townsman, burgherAntonyms
noncitizenRelated Words
townswoman; cliff dweller, denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, national, native, occupant, resident, resider, subject; town, townsfolk, townspeople; suburbanite, urbaniteNear Antonyms
alien, foreigner, guest, nonnative, tourist, transient, visitor; gownsmanVILLAGER Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of villager for English Language Learners
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: a person who lives in a village
VILLAGER Defined for Kids
villager
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Definition of villager for Students
:a person who lives in a village
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