village
a community of people smaller than a town
How often you will meet it
Rank 790 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 23,226 times across 175,139 chapters — 0.011% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- a community of people smaller than a town also: small town, settlement
- a settlement smaller than a town also: hamlet
- a mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century also: Greenwich Village
village in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Johnny McLean found interest in masses, in the drab-and-dun village on the prairie.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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I The village lay under two feet of snow, with drifts at the windy corners.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1
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John Brown, aged thirty-one, good, gentle, bashful, timid, lived in a quiet village in Missouri.
Following the Equator — Part 1 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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The detective who had met him in the village practically accused him of the murder.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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Sharp to the hour Poppy arrived with her gift; she was a pretty little village girl, who adored the Misses Mainwaring.
The Palace Beautiful: A Story for Girls · L. T. Meade · Chapter 1