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vil·​lag·​er | \ ˈvi-li-jər How to pronounce villager (audio) \

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 on the Web One video depicts Genadi Petrosyan, 69, a villager from Madatashen, being beheaded by what appeared to be Azerbaijani soldiers. — Washington Post, "Videos from Nagorno-Karabakh conflict prompt accusations of war crimes," 25 Dec. 2020 Kankara villager Lawal Muhammed said the attack left most residents terrified and traumatized. — Sam Olukoya And Carley Petesch, The Christian Science Monitor, "#BringBackOurBoys: Hundreds of schoolboys abducted in Nigeria," 16 Dec. 2020 During the festival, a crowd gathers here to watch an effigy of a Basque villager, known as Celedón, whiz down a zip wire with his open umbrella to kick off the party. — Melissa Findley, National Geographic, "Destinations on the rise for 2021," 20 Nov. 2020 An embarrassed villager in Aberhosan, Wales, has learned their old TV has been messing up the entire village broadband connection. — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, "How an Older TV Screwed Up an Entire Village’s Internet," 2 Oct. 2020 In it, two women gaze over an orderly town, while a villager nearby beats away a snake. — Lucy Jakub, The New York Review of Books, "Maine’s Sublime Canvas of Contradictions," 12 Sep. 2020 In 2001, however, a villager in a former war zone handed Platt a shell from a Burmese roofed turtle. — Rachel Nuwer, Star Tribune, "Turtle with permanent smile brought back from extinction," 10 Sep. 2020 Then a villager died -- and the police took their claims seriously. — Jenni Marsh, CNN, "Hong Kong has more skyscrapers than nearly any city. But 60 years ago, tigers were still seen in the wild," 15 Aug. 2020 Pretend to move to a remote island to fish and farm with your animal villager friends? — Aj Willingham, CNN, "5 things to know for August 7: Coronavirus, Beirut, Saudi Arabia, TikTok, police," 7 Aug. 2020

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First Known Use of villager

1570, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of villager was in 1570

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29 Dec 2020

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“Villager.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/villager. Accessed 19 Jan. 2021.

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villager

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English Language Learners Definition of villager

: a person who lives in a village

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villager

noun
vil·​lag·​er | \ ˈvi-li-jər How to pronounce villager (audio) \

Kids Definition of villager

: a person who lives in a village

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