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a person who lives in a town on a permanent basis
the villagers have a reputation for being polite and helpful to the tourists
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Recent Examples of villagers
Until then, blood-sucking bat-men were something only Europeans had to worry about, as Dracula and his castle-dwelling kin preyed on hapless villagers half a world away.
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
Seventy villagers were given shelter in the nearby monastery and school, with residents also opening up their homes to 30 fleeing the violence nearby, according to monastery officials.
—Zoya Awky, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024
Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
Seventy villagers were given shelter in the nearby monastery and school, with residents also opening up their homes to 30 fleeing the violence nearby, according to monastery officials.
—Zoya Awky, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Villagers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/villagers. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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