A villager is a person who lives in a village — a small country settlement, smaller than a town. It is a plain, countable noun: a villager, two villagers, the villagers.

A villagera villager is a person who lives in a village是指住在village（村莊）裡的人 — a small country settlement, smaller than a town也就是比town還小的鄉村聚落。It is a plain, countable noun它是個普通的可數名詞: a villager, two villagers, the villagers像a villager（一個村民）、two villagers（兩個村民）、the villagers（那些村民）。

Where it gets interesting is who uses it. People rarely call themselves villagers in modern British or American life; you would say 'I live in a village' or 'I'm from Ashford'. The word is most common in news reports about rural places, in history writing, in folk tales, and in translated writing about Asia and Africa — 'villagers protested', 'the villagers fled the flood'. That means it can quietly place the speaker outside and above the people described, so writers now use it a little more carefully.

Where it gets interesting is who uses it有趣的地方在於是誰在用這個字。People rarely call themselves villagers in modern British or American life在現代英美生活裡，很少有人會自稱villagers; you would say 'I live in a village' or 'I'm from Ashford'你比較會說「I live in a village」（我住在村子裡）或「I'm from Ashford」（我來自Ashford）。The word is most common in news reports about rural places這個字最常出現在鄉村地區的新聞報導裡, in history writing, in folk tales歷史寫作、民間故事裡, and in translated writing about Asia and Africa以及關於亞洲、非洲的翻譯文章裡 — 'villagers protested', 'the villagers fled the flood'像「villagers protested」（村民抗議）、「the villagers fled the flood」（村民逃離洪水）。That means it can quietly place the speaker outside and above the people described這也代表它可能悄悄把說話者放在被描述對象之外、甚至之上的位置, so writers now use it a little more carefully所以現在的作者用這個字會更小心一點。

Note the natural pair: villager/village goes with townspeople/town and city-dweller/city; there is no *towner*.

Note the natural pair要注意這個自然搭配: villager/village goes with townspeople/town and city-dweller/city villager/village對應townspeople/town，還有city-dweller/city; there is no *towner*但英文裡沒有「towner」這個字。