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villager

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒɚ/
  • CMU ARPABET: V IH1 L IH0 JH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inhabitant, dweller, resident, denizen

2

noun

Meaning 2

A worker unit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: strategy

Topics: games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: peasant, peon, serf

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An inhabitant or resident of Greenwich Village, New York.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Greenwich Villager

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An inhabitant or resident of The Village, Jersey City.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

An inhabitant or resident of The Villages, Florida.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

one who has lived in a village most of their life

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English village Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English villager From village + -er.

Across languages

Translations

132 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: fshatar — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Albanian: fshatare — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Arabic: قَرَوِيّ (qarawiyy) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Arabic: قَرَوِيَّة (qarawiyya) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Armenian: գյուղացի (gyuġacʻi) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Armenian: շինական (šinakan) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Azerbaijani: kəndli — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Azerbaijani: kəndçi — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Belarusian: вяско́вец (vjaskóvjec) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Belarusian: вяско́ўка (vjaskówka) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Belarusian: сяля́нін (sjaljánin) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Belarusian: сяля́нка (sjaljánka) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Bulgarian: се́лянин (séljanin) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Bulgarian: се́лянка (séljanka) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Burmese: တောသူတောင်သား (tau:sutaungsa:) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Catalan: vilatà — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鄉下人 /乡下人 (xiāngxiarén) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Chinese Mandarin: 村民 (cūnmín) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Coptic: ⲣⲉⲙϯⲙⲓ (remtimi) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Czech: vesničan — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Czech: vesničanka — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Danish: landsbyboer — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Dutch: dorpsbewoner — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Dutch: dorpsbewoonster — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Dutch: dorpeling — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Dutch: dorpelinge — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Dutch: dorper — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Esperanto: vilaĝano — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Esperanto: vilaĝanino — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Finnish: kyläläinen — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • French: villageois — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • French: villageoise — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Galician: aldeán — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Galician: aldeá — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Galician: paisano — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Galician: paisana — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Georgian: სოფლელი (sopleli) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Georgian: სოფლის მცხოვრები (soplis mcxovrebi) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Georgian: სოფლის მკვიდრი (soplis mḳvidri) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Georgian: სოფლად მცხოვრები (soplad mcxovrebi) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Georgian: სოფელში მცხოვრები (sopelši mcxovrebi) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • German: Dorfbewohner — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • German: Dorfbewohnerin — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • German: Dörfler — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • German: Dörflerin — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Greek: χωριάτης (choriátis) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Greek: χωρικός (chorikós) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Greek: χωριάτα (choriáta) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Greek: χωρική (chorikí) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Greek: χωριάτισσα (choriátissa) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Ancient Greek: κωμήτης (kōmḗtēs) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Hindi: ग्रामवासी (grāmvāsī) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Hindi: गांववाला (gāmvvālā) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Hindi: गँवार (gãvār) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Hindi: ग्रामीण (grāmīṇ) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Hindi: देहाती (dehātī) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Hungarian: falusi — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Hungarian: falubeli — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Icelandic: þorpsbúi — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Italian: paesano — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Italian: paesana — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Japanese: 村人 (murabito) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Japanese: 村民 (sonmin) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Kazakh: ауыл адамы (auyl adamy) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Khmer: អ្នកភូមិ (nĕək phuum) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Korean: 마을 사람 (ma'eul saram) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Korean: 촌민 (chonmin) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Korean: 촌인 (chonin) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Lao: ຊາວບ້ານ (sāo bān) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Lao: ໄພ່ບ້ານ (phai bān) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Lao: ໄທບ້ານ (thai bān) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Latin: pāgānus — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Latin: vīcānus — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Lithuanian: kaimietis — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Lutuv: khysaa — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Lutuv: khy chung ming — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Lutuv: khy ming — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Macedonian: селанец (selanec) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Macedonian: селанка (selanka) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Malayalam: ഗ്രാമീണൻ (grāmīṇaṉ) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Manx: theayagh — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Norwegian Bokmål: landsbyboer — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Norwegian Bokmål: landsbybuer — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: landsbybuar — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Old East Slavic: вьсꙗнинъ (vĭsjaninŭ) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Pannonian Rusyn: валалчань (valalčanʹ) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Pannonian Rusyn: валалчан (valalčan) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Pannonian Rusyn: валалчанка (valalčanka) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Iranian Persian: دِهاتی (dehâti) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Iranian Persian: روسْتایی (rustâyi) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Polish: wieśniak — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Polish: wieśniaczka — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Portuguese: aldeão — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Portuguese: aldeã — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Romanian: sătean — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Romanian: săteancă — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Russian: селя́нин (seljánin) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Russian: селя́нка (seljánka) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Russian: дереве́нский жи́тель (derevénskij žítelʹ) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Russian: дереве́нская жи́тельница (derevénskaja žítelʹnica) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Russian: се́льский жи́тель (sélʹskij žítelʹ) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Russian: се́льская жи́тельница (sélʹskaja žítelʹnica) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Serbo-Croatian: сѐља̄к — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Serbo-Croatian: сеља̀киња — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Serbo-Croatian: сѐљанин — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Serbo-Croatian: сѐља̄нка — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Serbo-Croatian: sèljāk — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Serbo-Croatian: seljàkinja — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Serbo-Croatian: sèljanin — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Serbo-Croatian: sèljānka — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Slovak: dedinčan — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Slovak: dedinčanka — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Slovene: vaščan — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Slovene: vaščanka — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Spanish: aldeano — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Swahili: mwanakijiji — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Swedish: bybo — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Tajik: деҳотӣ (dehoti) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Tajik: қишлоқӣ (qišloqi) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Tajik: рустоӣ (rustoyi) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Telugu: గ్రామస్థుడు (grāmasthuḍu) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Thai: ชาวบ้าน (chaao-bâan) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Turkish: köylü — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Ukrainian: селяни́н (seljanýn) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Ukrainian: селя́нка (seljánka) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Ukrainian: селяни́ця (seljanýcja) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Ukrainian: селю́к (seljúk) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Ukrainian: селю́чка (seljúčka) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Urdu: دیہاتی (dehātī) — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Uzbek: qishloqlik — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Vietnamese: dân làng — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
  • Vietnamese: dân nông thôn — person who lives in, or comes from, a village
Real reading context

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