Villager

//ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒə// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who lives in, or comes from, a village.

    "Anstruther laughed good-naturedly. “[…] I shall take out half a dozen intelligent maistries from our Press and get them to give our villagers instruction when they begin work and when they are in the fields.”"

  2. 2
    An inhabitant or resident of Greenwich Village, New York.
  3. 3
    one who has lived in a village most of their life wordnet
  4. 4
    A worker unit.
  5. 5
    An inhabitant or resident of The Village, Jersey City.
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  1. 6
    An inhabitant or resident of The Villages, Florida.

Synonyms

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big-city manbourgeoisburgessburghercitizencity dweller

Example

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"I walked up to the villager to ask for directions, but they looked spaced and unable to speak."

Etymology

From village + -er.

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