town
noun
a thickly populated area, usually smaller than a city and larger than a village, having fixed boundaries and certain local powers of government.
townless
-
a word derived from
town.
Example Sentences
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He walked south across the island alone in the early winter, along townless empty roads.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
What struck the townless early Germans most about the Roman towns was their mighty walls.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various
But there were regions, notably the west Highlands and isles, where the new system penetrated slowly and with difficulty through a mountainous and almost townless land.
From A Short History of Scotland by Andrew Lang
Thou knowest what work it is to assemble and provide for an army destined to operate in a desolate, townless country.
From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Lewis Wallace
Rangeley was a townless township, as the outermost township should be.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 by Various
