villager

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US /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒɚ/ UK /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒə/
noun Freq #26390

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    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
    noun

    one who has lived in a village most of their life or one who currently lives in a village

  3. 3
    noun

    A worker unit.

  4. 4
    noun

    An inhabitant or resident of Greenwich Village, New York.

  5. 5
    noun

    An inhabitant or resident of The Village, Jersey City.

  6. 6
    noun

    An inhabitant or resident of The Villages, Florida.

Etymology

From village + -er.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
3 noun · a worker unit. peasantpeonserf
4 noun · an inhabitant or resident... greenwich villager
Word family
Derived forms villageress

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