village
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ɪdʒ noun
1.
a small community or group of houses in a rural area, larger than a hamlet and usually smaller than a town, and sometimes (as in parts of the U.S.) incorporated as a municipality.
2.
the inhabitants of such a community collectively.
3.
a group of animal dwellings resembling a village: a gopher village.
adjective
4.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a village: village life.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a small group of houses in a country area, larger than a hamlet |
| 2. | the inhabitants of such a community collectively |
| 3. | an incorporated municipality smaller than a town in various parts of the US and Canada |
| 4. | a group of habitats of certain animals |
| 5. | (NZ) a self-contained city area having its own shops, etc |
| 6. | (modifier) of, relating to, or characteristic of a village: a village green |
| [C15: from Old French, from ville farm, from Latin: | |
| 'village-like | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
village
late 14c., "inhabited place larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town," from O.Fr. village "houses and other buildings in a group" (usually smaller than a town), from L. villaticum "farmstead" (with outbuildings), noun use of neut. sing. of villaticus "having to do with a farmstead or villa," from
villa "country house" (see villa). Village idiot is recorded from 1907.
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Example sentences from the web
Baseball is still played in the village today by the beechy breakers.
Gradually the village became absorbed into the seamless expansion of london.
The whole village joined in and belle was thrilled when she won the race.
A few earthworks visible only to the trained eye show a village of two centres.
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