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
Mark’s readers, who knew how Jewish patronymics worked, would have understood what the villagers were throwing in Jesus’s face.
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2025
Collecting the bodies For nearly three days, corpses littered the streets of Pine village, after villagers said fighters forbade them from collecting their dead, according to three of the locals CNN spoke to.
—Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
These include pudgy realtor and aspiring petting-zoo owner Dawn (Danielle Brooks) and Henry’s blowsy school vice principal (Jennifer Coolidge), who falls in love with one of the Overworld’s unibrow villagers who enters the real-world dimension.
—Armond White, National Review, 16 Apr. 2025
Some of the villagers raised concerns about where weapons will come from.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2025
Collecting the bodies For nearly three days, corpses littered the streets of Pine village, after villagers said fighters forbade them from collecting their dead, according to three of the locals CNN spoke to.
—Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
These include pudgy realtor and aspiring petting-zoo owner Dawn (Danielle Brooks) and Henry’s blowsy school vice principal (Jennifer Coolidge), who falls in love with one of the Overworld’s unibrow villagers who enters the real-world dimension.
—Armond White, National Review, 16 Apr. 2025
Some of the villagers raised concerns about where weapons will come from.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for villager
Noun
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The now-pope served as a bishop in Peru for several years and is a Peruvian citizen.—
Rhona Tarrant,
CBS News,
9 May 2025
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Vega is in the U.S. without documentation, Salazar said, while Tula is believed to be a U.S. citizen.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2025
Noun
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In long-term care, however, families and residents may worry that correcting the way staff members speak could create antagonisms.—
Paula Span,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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When the original owner of the bookstore needed to move locations down the road, the town residents showed up in droves, creating a human conveyor belt moving the books hand-to-hand down to the new location.—
American Booksellers Association,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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“Villager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/villager. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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