town manager

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noun

an official appointed to direct the administration of a town government.

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Origin of town manager

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby town manager

townie, townies, townish, townland, townlet, town manager, town meeting, town milk, town planning, townscape, Townsend

How to use town manager in a sentence

Security officials told Agence France-Presse that the gas station manager said he had recognized the two men.
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Indeed, although he works here in the old town, he lives in the new part of the city where he walks his dog in the morning.
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Their bodies were later found incinerated and buried in mass graves outside of town.
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“Then I learned he can't spell and is a manager at a CPK,” she said.
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“We would just as soon stay away from a group that will create controversy,” the Cubs general manager Sam Bernabe told the paper.
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The Duchess had also a tent for their sick men; so that we had a small town of our own here, and every body employed.
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The garrison of the town and fortress was nearly three thousand strong.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
"I don't know whether I am going to like this or not--this coming to live in town," thought the little pig.
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Of course it is only the hardiest Ferns which can be expected to grow well in the town garden.
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The sun was shining when they arrived at Salon, the gayest, the most coquettish, the most laughing little town in Provence.
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