village

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A small group of dwellings in a rural area, usually ranking in size between a hamlet and a town.
2. n. In some U.S. states, an incorporated community smaller in population than a town.
3. n. The inhabitants of a village; villagers.
4. n. A group of bird or animal habitations suggesting a village.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A small assemblage of houses, less than a town or city, and larger than a hamlet. In many of the United States the incorporated village exists as the least populous kind of corporate municipality. Its boundaries are usually not identical with those of any primary division of the county, but include only the space occupied by houses adjoining or nearly adjoining.
2. n. In law, sometimes a manor; sometimes a whole parish or subdivision of it; most commonly an outpart of a parish, consisting of a few houses separate from the rest.
3. Of, pertaining to, or belonging to a village; characteristic of a village; hence, rustic; countrified.

Wiktionary

1. n. A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.
2. n. UK A rural habitation that has a church, but no market.
3. n. Australia A planned community such as a retirement community or shopping district.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A small assemblage of houses in the country, less than a town or city.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a community of people smaller than a town
2. n. a settlement smaller than a town
3. n. a mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century