noun
Etymology
Origin of townspeople
Example Sentences
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Both feel socially ill at ease up against “the townspeople of Pennacook,” another refrain.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
Around midnight on April 18, 1775, Revere was ordered to ride to Lexington, Mass., and warn the townspeople that British soldiers, who were quartered in Boston, were ready to head their way.
From Salon • Sep. 4, 2025
The townspeople, mostly parish leaders and local businesspeople, sat down for lunch, which was catered and free.
From Slate • Jun. 19, 2025
He says that the people of Bamban had taken a chance by electing Guo, but that she had good connections to Chinese investors and had delivered on all her promises to the townspeople.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2025
All their belongings had been looted by townspeople and the Nazis, and now the government had taken over his father’s fish cannery.
From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren
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