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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

villager

/ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.90 in modern English

Syllables
vil-lager
IPA
/ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒɚ/
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

A worker unit.

noun

An inhabitant or resident of Greenwich Village, New York.

noun

An inhabitant or resident of The Village, Jersey City.

noun

An inhabitant or resident of The Villages, Florida.

Example Sentences

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.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒɚ/
  • British English: /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒə/

Inflected Forms

villagers (plural)

Derived Forms

covillager nonvillager villageress

Frequently Paired Words

townsman

Synonyms

peasant peon serf Greenwich Villager

Rhymes With

pillager

Questions

How do you pronounce villager?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒɚ/.
What does villager mean?
A person who lives in, or comes from, a village.
Where does villager come from?
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.

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