Also 6 villagree. [f. VILLAGE sb. + -(E)RY.] Villages collectively.
Now chiefly as an echo of the Shakespearian passage.
1590. Shaks., Mids. N., II. i. 35. Are you not hee, That frights the maidens of the Villagree.
1822. W. Tennant, Thane of Fife, III. l. Crowding they come from all her coasts so rife Of villagery.
a. 1839. Galt, Demon Destiny (1840), 5. A vista bright appeared Of riant villagery.
1883. Blackw. Mag., Jan., 75/2. Unkempt mountain ponies startle the maidens of the villagery.
