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village

Definition

  • noun: a small town in the country
  • noun: a settlement usually larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town
  • synonyms: town, hamlet, city

Examples

  • fishing/mining 'villages' [=villages in which most people fish/mine as a job]

  • Entire 'villages' come to see the parade.

Movie quotes

  • (..) Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Now would you go back\Nto your dormitories? Quietly. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,That was no stranger Hagrid met in the village.\Nlt was Snape. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Which means he knows\Nhow to get past Fluffy. (..)
    2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone