as in citizen
a person who lives in a town on a permanent basis
the villagers have a reputation for being polite and helpful to the tourists
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Recent Examples of villager
With death looming and morality collapsing, the villagers face an impossible question: what does survival mean when humanity itself is lost?
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 May 2025
Tourists and villagers fled border zones, residents rushed to stockpile food and people were told to stay indoors in Kashmir and beyond.
—USA Today, 11 May 2025
Bicester, and its sister villagers on the Continent and subsequently in China, would later defy the critics who argued the format would not work.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 1 May 2025
Most villagers in Fumba are subsistence farmers, growing cassava, bananas, cabbage, and other produce.
—Kang-Chun Cheng, Christian Science Monitor, 23 May 2025
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 May 2025
Tourists and villagers fled border zones, residents rushed to stockpile food and people were told to stay indoors in Kashmir and beyond.
—USA Today, 11 May 2025
Bicester, and its sister villagers on the Continent and subsequently in China, would later defy the critics who argued the format would not work.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 1 May 2025
Most villagers in Fumba are subsistence farmers, growing cassava, bananas, cabbage, and other produce.
—Kang-Chun Cheng, Christian Science Monitor, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for villager
Noun
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Mamdani’s mother is a famous filmmaker Mamdani was born in Kampala, Uganda, to Indian parents and became an American citizen in 2018, shortly after graduating college.—
Philip Marcelo,
Fortune,
25 June 2025
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Advertisement Some countries, including China, Denmark, and Finland, have issued travel advisories to their citizens about heading to the U.S. in response to various Trump policies.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
25 June 2025
Noun
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Council members approved a couple of ordinances to change both the city charter and code to move the local election date to November 2024 — triggering a lawsuit by a handful of North Miami residents.—
Tess Riski,
Miami Herald,
21 June 2025
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The county has had 413 cases since late January — just under 2% of its residents.—
DEVI SHASTRI,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2025
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“Villager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/villager. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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