Meanings
nounvillage green (plural village greens)
plural village greens
- UKA patch of land at the centre of a village that is open to the public at all times.
On May Day, the villagers used to dance around a maypole on the village green.
1 more example
Georgian and Regency houses cluster picturesquely around the sloping village green, which in springtime is carpeted with daffodils.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 194, about Gainford, Co. Durham
Translations
Dutch dorpsbrink
- dorpsbrinkTranslations
German Anger, Dorfanger
- AngerTranslations
- DorfangerTranslations
- DorfbrinkTranslations
Polish nawsie
- nawsieTranslations
Welsh maes pentref
- maes pentrefTranslations
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“village green.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/village%20green. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “village green,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/village%20green.
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