towner

[ tou-ner ]

/ ˈtaʊ nər /

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noun

a person who lives in a town or city.

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Origin of towner

town + -er¹

Words nearby towner

town, town and gown, town car, town clerk, town crier, towner, Townes, town gas, town hall, townhall clock, townhome

How to use towner in a sentence

The parade of out-of-towners asking for free cash has thinned, Ravenscroft said, though some still show up with letters they want him to pass to the lottery winner.
Powerball mystery: Someone in this tiny town won $731 million. Now everyone wants a piece of it.|Marc Fisher|June 17, 2021|Washington Post
In this case, a couple of other out-of-towners—a birder from Mississippi and another from Nebraska—saw the species.
How eBird Changed Birding Forever|Jessie Williamson|December 4, 2020|Outside Online
And so the 12-year-old out-of-towner was in a position to make an aggressive bid for the longtime resident of Broad Street.
NYSE’s Sale to ICE: Sign of the Times|Daniel Gross|December 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
"Purty long ride ye hed fur such a big load," remarked one towner.
Watch Yourself Go By|Al. G. Field

A Dry-towner, rangy and scarred, looked out at me, and it seemed that the expression on his face was one of amazement.
The Door Through Space|Marion Zimmer Bradley
During those days and nights on the trail I grew back slowly into the Dry-towner I once had been.
The Door Through Space|Marion Zimmer Bradley
No Wolfan in his right mind will bargain with a Dry-towner carrying an unresolved blood-feud.
The Door Through Space|Marion Zimmer Bradley
She pulled away and I saw again, beneath the veneer of petulant coquetry, that fierce and untamable insolence of the Dry-towner.
The Door Through Space|Marion Zimmer Bradley

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