villager

«villager» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who lives in a village, a small group of houses… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a villager, villagers)

meaning for a pupil

A villager is a person who lives in a village, a small group of houses in the countryside. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and fairy tales, villagers often gather, warn each other, or help the hero. In geography lessons, villagers live in small settlements and may farm. In maths word problems, villagers are counted and share things: «120 villagers, 4 wells». Phrases: the local villagers, the villagers gathered.

examples

• The villagers gathered in the square to hear the news. tree →
• Every villager helped to build the new bridge. tree →
• In the story, the villagers were afraid of the dragon. tree →
• The villagers sold eggs and honey at the market. tree →
• 120 villagers share 4 wells equally, so 30 villagers use each well. tree →
• A friendly villager showed us the way. tree →
• His cries for help soon brought the villagers running. tree →

note

Plural: villagers. Built from «village» + «-er». People in a town are «townspeople»; in a city, «city dwellers» or «residents».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «villager» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.