townsman
Americannoun
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townsmen
plural
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a native or inhabitant of a town.
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a native or inhabitant of one's own or the same town.
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(in New England) a selectman.
noun
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an inhabitant of a town
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a person from the same town as oneself
Gender
See -man.
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Etymology
Origin of townsman
before 1000; Middle English; Old English tūnesman fellow member of a township. See town, 's 1, man
Example Sentences
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He was watching television when he spotted his fellow townsman, Mr. Johnson.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 31, 2021
A boy and his new friend hatch a plan to save a community of mischievous cavern-dwellers from the villainous townsman who plans to exterminate them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2019
A townsman with a plane jetted to Memphis to buy the team proper cleats.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2018
A cad, according to one definition, may have been an academy student, or townsman originally - Etonian slang for someone who doesn't quite cut it as a gentleman.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2013
To Ged, however, it seemed a city, and not knowing where to go he asked the first townsman of Thwil he met where he would find the Warder of the School on Roke.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
It was claimed that townsmen wanted to spare Alice Bailey from testifying in court.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2021
Hayes, like his L.A. townsmen, was a Southern sympathizer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2021
Like other English monarchs, Elizabeth shared power with Parliament, a legislature that included the House of Lords for nobles and bishops and the House of Commons for members chosen by townsmen and rural landowners.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
“I see young men, my townsmen, whose misfortune is to have inherited farms, houses, barns, cattle, and farming tools; for these are more easily acquired than got rid of.”
From The Guardian ● Apr. 24, 2017
I see all the miniature townsmen and townswomen stationed throughout this imaginary village.
From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson
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