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vil·lag·er

(vĭl′ə-jər)
n.
An inhabitant of a village.
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villager

(ˈvɪlɪdʒə)
n
an inhabitant of a village
adj
E African backward, unsophisticated, or illiterate
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vil•lag•er

(ˈvɪl ɪ dʒər)

n.
an inhabitant of a village.
[1560–70]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:villager - one who has lived in a village most of their life]villager - one who has lived in a village most of their life
denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, indweller - a person who inhabits a particular place
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Translations
قَرَوي، ساكِن القَرْيَه
-kavesničan
landsbyboer
òorpsbúi
dedinčan
vaščan

villager

[ˈvɪlɪdʒəʳ] N (= inhabitant) → vecino/a m/f del pueblo ; [of small village] → aldeano/a m/f
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villager

[ˈvɪlɪdʒər] n → villageois(e) m/fvillage school n → école f de village
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

villager

n → Dörfler(in) m(f), → Dorfbewohner(in) m(f) (also Admin)
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villager

[ˈvɪlɪdʒəʳ] n → abitante m/f di paese, paesano/a
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village

(ˈvilidʒ) noun
1. a group of houses etc which is smaller than a town. They live in a little village; (also adjective) a village school. dorpie قَرْيَه село, селски aldeia vesnice; vesnický das Dorf, Dorf-... landsby; landsby- χωριό pueblo küla روستا kylä village כפר गांव selo falu desa þorp paese; di paese 村 마을, 촌락 kaimas ciems; ciemats kampung dorp landsby, tettsted wieś كلى: كليوال، دكلي خلك aldeia sat деревня dedina; dedinský vas; vaški selo by หมู่บ้าน köy 村莊 село گاؤں ngôi làng 村庄
2. the people who live in such a group of houses. The whole village turned out to see the celebrations. dorp سُكّان القَرْيَه село aldeia vesnice das Dorf landsby πληθυσμός του χωριού pueblo külarahvas روستاییان kylä village תוֹשבֵי הַכְּפָר गांव seljani falu penduduk desa þorpsbúar paese 村人たち 마을 사람 kaimas ciema/ciemata iedzīvotāji penduduk kampung dorp landsby-/tettstedsbefolkning wieś دكلي خلك aldeia sat жители деревни dedina vas selo by ชุมชน köylüler, köy halkı 全村村民 село گاؤں کے لوگ dân làng 村民(总称)
ˈvillager noun
a person who lives in a village. dorpenaar قَرَوي، ساكِن القَرْيَه селски жител aldeão vesničan, -ka der/die Dorfbewohner(in) landsbyboer χωρικός habitante del pueblo, aldeano külaelanik آدم روستایی kyläläinen villageois, oise תושב כפר, כפרי ग्रामीण seljanin falusi orang desa þorpsbúi paesano 村人 마을 사람 kaimo gyventojas cieminieks; ciematnieks orang kampung dorpsbewoner landsbyboer mieszkaniec wsi كليوال aldeão sătean житель деревни dedinčan, -ka vaščan seljanin bybo ชาวบ้าน köylü 村民 селянин ديہاتي، گاؤں کا رہنے والا người làng 村民
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Namgay Doola!" and a large, red-haired villager hurried up, stripping off his clothes as he ran.
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The boys thought that this happy circumstance would turn suspicion in the right direction; but they were disappointed, for more than one villager remarked:
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They all staggered along, Gerald still clutching the dressing-case, and supported on the other side by an excited and somewhat incoherent villager.
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Some of ye are eaters of cattle, and of others I have heard that, under Shere Khan's teaching, ye go by dark night and snatch children from the villager's doorstep.
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Now, a Hill-man makes nothing of a few hundred feet up or down, and as soon as the villagers saw the smoke in the deserted shrine, the village priest climbed up the terraced hillside to welcome the stranger.
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While hovering near an altar, on which some villagers were sacrificing a goat, she suddenly seized a piece of the flesh, and carried it, along with a burning cinder, to her nest.
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The rider drew rein among the villagers round his stirrup.
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The traveller put his horse into a quick walk up the village, but when he approached the Green, the beauty of the view that lay on his right hand, the singular contrast presented by the groups of villagers with the knot of Methodists near the maple, and perhaps yet more, curiosity to see the young female preacher, proved too much for his anxiety to get to the end of his journey, and he paused.
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At their approach the villagers came pouring out, and Usanga advanced with two of his warriors to palaver with the chief.
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So when the villagers find they are visited by a colony of these vampires they get out, taking their live stock with them, and stay in caves or in densely wooded places until the bats fly on.
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As the eyes of the villagers fell upon the prisoner, they went wild, and heavy jaws fell open in astonishment and incredulity.
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The lane was crowded with villagers and people from the neighbouring farmhouses, who were all kept back, however, by a little cordon of soldiers.
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