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village definition

vil·lage (vil′ij)

noun

    1. a group of houses in the country, larger than a hamlet and smaller than a city or town
    2. such a community incorporated as a municipality
    3. the people of a village, collectively; villagers
  2. a group or cluster of the habitations of animals or birds

Etymology: OFr < L villaticus, belonging to a country house < villa, country house, farm: see villa

adjective

of, in, for, or characteristic of a village

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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