villager

[vil-i-jer] / ˈvɪl ɪ dʒər /

NOUN

citizen

Synonyms

STRONGEST

inhabitant national resident taxpayer

STRONG

burgher civilian commoner cosmopolite denizen dweller householder occupant settler townsman townsperson townswoman voter

WEAK

John/Jane Q. Public burgess freeman/woman member of body politic member of community naturalized person subject urbanite

Antonyms

STRONG

alien foreigner

Example Sentences

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Indonesian villager Supriyanto is visibly frustrated as he discusses the sprawling coal power plant emitting white plumes of smoke over his small fishing community.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

"I was an untutored villager, with no idea of acting."

From Barron's • Nov. 24, 2025

Last July, a villager saved a drowning child by reviving him before he was sent to the hospital.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2025

“Good luck to the bloke”, said villager Adrian.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2024

Eighty years before his walk, a villager traipsing through the same woods had stumbled across a buried, six-foot-tall stone sculpture of a human head.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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