noun
Etymology
Origin of townspeople
Example Sentences
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One day, Manzo and a friend, Esteban Constantino Magaña, set up a table in Uruapan’s central plaza and asked townspeople about their problems.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
Ideologies also flourished, including socialism, communism, Zionism and, among a growing number of non-Jewish townspeople, Nazism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
In the theater, the townspeople ate and listened to the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center’s administrator, Shad Rice, speak.
From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2025
His appearance even encourages introspection among the townspeople.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2025
Soon another thousand or so townspeople joined the small army at the station.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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