proper使用方法疑惑

By the time I got to the village proper everyone was out to meet me. .

当我到达村子里的时候，大伙都出来迎接我。

不理解句中proper使用方法？词性是什么？麻烦老师对proper进行语法成分和句意剖析。 谢谢！

proper 是形容词，作后置定语，修饰village。意为：“真的意义上的；本身的；为……的本身”，用作此意时，一般后置，用于名词后。比如：

Greece proper 希腊本国

the Dictionary proper 本词典正文

You can add proper after a word to indicate that you are referring to the central and most important part of a place, event, or object and want to distinguish it from other things which are not regarded as being important or central to it.

By the time I got to the village proper everyone was out to meet me.

【翻译】当我到达村子（中央）时，大伙都出来迎接我。