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vil|lage «VIHL ihj», noun, adjective.

–n.

1. a) a group of houses, usually smaller than a town, and often comprising a small municipality with limited corporate powers. b) any group of people living together in separate, and usually rude, dwellings: »

an Indian village.

2. the people of a village; villagers: »

The whole village turned out to watch the parade.

3. a group or cluster of prairie dog burrows, often extending over a large area and having several thousand inhabitants.

–adj.

of, having to do with, characteristic of, or living in a village; rural; rustic: »

village schools.

╂[< Old French village < Latin vīllāticum, noun use of neuter adjective, having to do with a villa < vīlla villa; see etym. under villa (Cf. ↑villa)]

–vismh>lage|like´, adjective.