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villager

noun

  1. fictional character from Babes in Toyland
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒə/ / /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒɚ/

noun

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

  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. A worker unit.