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
During the 1970s, rural villagers in India, particularly women, responded to the invasion of loggers by embracing trees under threat, in what became known as the Chipko movement.
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Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
It’s set in 17th-century Jutland, Denmark, where a real witch trial took place; the suspect witch, an unmarried woman named Christenze Kruckow accused of causing another villager’s stillbirths, is the maker of the titular doll.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2025
The already tense trip turns to abject horror when villagers begin getting brutally murdered by a beast in the night.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Over time, the nonprofit built its own homegrown database with the help of villagers, friends and family across the state.
—Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 29 Aug. 2025
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Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
It’s set in 17th-century Jutland, Denmark, where a real witch trial took place; the suspect witch, an unmarried woman named Christenze Kruckow accused of causing another villager’s stillbirths, is the maker of the titular doll.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2025
The already tense trip turns to abject horror when villagers begin getting brutally murdered by a beast in the night.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Over time, the nonprofit built its own homegrown database with the help of villagers, friends and family across the state.
—Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for villager
Noun
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Can the president lower the flags for a private citizen?—
James Powel,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The story began moving in the other direction when Kaw Nation citizen James Pepper Henry visited the Sacred Red Rock in the 1990s, vowing one day bring the Stone home to the Kanza people.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Police are asking residents to call 305-474-6473 to report sightings of stray or aggressive dogs.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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Georgia Marcum, 21, a resident of The Cliffs and a University of Arkansas, Fayetteville student was home when the shooting began and was evacuated by police.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Villager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/villager. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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