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
Zhang hopes Nighttime Sounds will use arthouse technique to convey the unspoken emotional lives of rural villagers — feelings rarely expressed even within their own communities, let alone to outsiders unfamiliar with China’s countryside.
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Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
The werewolves lie, but villagers also sometimes lie—to try to catch someone else in a lie.
—Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
In The Three Amigos, a trio of American actors who have played heroic gunslingers in a series of popular silent films, are accidentally hired by the villagers of Santa Poco to protect them from the villainous bandit leader, El Guapo, who kidnaps a beautiful villager to be his unwilling bride.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Many more villagers are missing.
—Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
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Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
The werewolves lie, but villagers also sometimes lie—to try to catch someone else in a lie.
—Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
In The Three Amigos, a trio of American actors who have played heroic gunslingers in a series of popular silent films, are accidentally hired by the villagers of Santa Poco to protect them from the villainous bandit leader, El Guapo, who kidnaps a beautiful villager to be his unwilling bride.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Many more villagers are missing.
—Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for villager
Recent Examples of Synonyms for villager
Noun
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Freedom of speech Alvarado said free speech on college campuses must be defended, and citizens should continue to have conversations on disagreements.—
Hannah Pinski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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This Committee was initially created during the McCarthy Era, a dark time when the federal government repressed and persecuted American citizens for their political beliefs.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025
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When the federal government reached an agreement with Alabama officials last October to address destructive flooding in the predominantly Black Shiloh community, residents thought their calls for help had finally been answered.—
Maia Rosenfeld,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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Her love of the Big Apple is one Spike, a lifelong Brooklyn resident, also shares.—
Collette Reitz,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Villager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/villager. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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