Gender
See -woman.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of townswoman
Example Sentences
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The verdant costume for just one townswoman involves 900 yards of ombré-dyed organza ribbon.
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2021
Today she has played a townswoman meeting a bus.
From Time Magazine Archive
He married a fellow townswoman, reached the Philippines in 1915.
From Time Magazine Archive
Before his office was finished, a blizzard swirling outside brought him his first emergency case: a townswoman who had fallen on ice.
From Time Magazine Archive
Toulon went so far for the sake of her poor townswoman, as to think of burning the Jesuit college.
From La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Michelet, Jules
The film, based on Rosalie Ham’s 2000 novel, turns on the promising idea that high fashion can be used as weapon, ensnaring the repulsive townswomen and underlining their ugly natures.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2016
I see all the miniature townsmen and townswomen stationed throughout this imaginary village.
From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson
But on the afternoon when Esther was receiving subtly sympathetic townswomen, Jeffrey, between the rows of springing corn, heard steps and looked up from his hoeing.
From The Prisoner by Brown, Alice
The townswomen shamelessly turned her own formula against her.
From Mrs. Budlong's Christmas Presents by Hughes, Rupert
We were a little ashamed of our fair townswomen.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 by Various
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