townsfolk

[tounz-fohk]

plural noun

1. townspeople.

Word History and Origins

Origin of townsfolk¹

First recorded in 1730–40; town + 's ¹ + folk

Example Sentences

The majority of the townsfolk that Honey encounters are such incurious mouth-breathers that the humor can feel hostile.

From Los Angeles Times

After six years of hold-ups and redesigns on that project — due, he said, to townsfolk endlessly nitpicking his plans — he has decided to bail on Carmel.

From Los Angeles Times

After the thirtieth consecutive month without rain, the townsfolk of San Francisco de Conchos in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua gather to plead for divine intervention.

From BBC

“Obviously, none of you can be trusted with guns, so I’m going to take them away from you,” he lectures the townsfolk, pretzeling their shotguns.

From Los Angeles Times

As the film trudges from his hospice bed to his youth, we’ll come to see that the doomed townsfolk have the same faces and mannerisms of people Chuck knew as a child.

From Los Angeles Times