[vil.lage] n, often attrib [ME, fr. MF, fr. OF, fr. ville farm, village, fr. L villa] (14c) 1 a: a settlement usu. larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town b: an incorporated minor municipality
2: the residents of a village
3: something (as an aggregation of burrows or nests) suggesting a village
4: a territorial area having the status of a village esp. as a unit of local government