villager
Small-town resident
A villager is someone who lives in a village—a small rural settlement.
The term suggests a simpler, more traditional way of life than town or city dwelling.
In video games like Minecraft and Animal Crossing, villagers are non-player characters who inhabit settlements: I traded with a villager for emeralds.
Low-status agricultural laborer
- rusticRural and unrefined
- farmerOne who cultivates land
- homesteaderOne who settles wilderness land
- settlerOne who colonizes territory
native · countryman · cottager · commoner · yeoman · townsfolk · denizen · dweller
One who cultivates land
- cultivatorSoil-turning implement
- agrarianRelating to land cultivation
- sharecropperFarmer paying rent in crops
- tillerBoat steering lever
plowman · sower · reaper · husbandman · harvest · cropland · livestock · orchard
Small rural home
- hearthFireplace floor area
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
- bucolicIdyllically rural
- handmadeCreated manually, not mechanically
artisan · self-sufficiency · foraging · barter · weaving · pottery · thatched · woodsmoke
Rural area beyond towns
- farmlandAgricultural terrain
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
- acreageAmount of land owned
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
meadow · pasture · woodland · dirt road · market town · outlying · hinterland · backwater
Tiny rural settlement
- communeShared-living community
- collectiveJointly organized group
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- kinshipState of being related
fellowship · clan · tribe · parish · congregation · assembly · guild · cooperative
peasant
Low-status agricultural laborer
- rusticRural and unrefined
- farmerOne who cultivates land
- homesteaderOne who settles wilderness land
settler · native · countryman · cottager · commoner · yeoman · townsfolk · denizen · dweller · occupant
farmer
One who cultivates land
- cultivatorSoil-turning implement
- agrarianRelating to land cultivation
- sharecropperFarmer paying rent in crops
tiller · plowman · sower · reaper · husbandman · harvest · cropland · livestock · orchard · grazing
cottage
Small rural home
handmade · artisan · self-sufficiency · foraging · barter · weaving · pottery · thatched · woodsmoke · well water
countryside
Rural area beyond towns
homestead · meadow · pasture · woodland · dirt road · market town · outlying · hinterland · backwater · remote
hamlet
Tiny rural settlement
- communeShared-living community
- collectiveJointly organized group
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
kinship · fellowship · clan · tribe · parish · congregation · assembly · guild · cooperative · alliance
folklore
Inherited cultural narratives
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
customs · festival · ancestry · myths · legends · rites · lore · lineage · elders · storytelling
- rural peoplefarmer, farmhand, farmworker, farmers, rancher
- medieval villagersfarmer, shepherd, peasant, milkmaid, blacksmith
- tribal peopletribespeople, tribesman, clan member, clan leaders, clan elders
- rural residentscountryman, farmer, rancher, homesteader, smallholder
- villagerslocal, neighbour, parishioner, townsfolk, resident
- Minecraftcreeper, Steve, Alex, zombie, skeleton
villagercity dweller
Urban area inhabitant
urbanite · metropolitan · city slicker · townie · cosmopolitan
- mountain villagesCommunities in elevated terrain
- fishing villageSmall coastal catching settlement
- small villageCompact rural settlement
- village idiotSettlement's designated simpleton
- holiday villageClustered vacation rental lodgings
- village eldersSenior community authorities