townsman
Americannoun
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a native or inhabitant of a town.
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a native or inhabitant of one's own or the same town.
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(in New England) a selectman.
noun
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an inhabitant of a town
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a person from the same town as oneself
Gender
See -man.
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Etymology
Origin of townsman
before 1000; Middle English; Old English tūnesman fellow member of a township. See town, 's 1, man
Example Sentences
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Today, the road all runners come, Shoulder-high we bring you home, And set you at your threshold down, Townsman of a stiller town.
From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2016
“They want the success,” said Matt Jennings of Townsman in Boston, a defender of the old system.
From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2015
Pizza “I wouldn’t be afraid to jump in there and get your hands dirty,” says chef Matt Jennings of Boston’s forthcoming Townsman.
From Time • Aug. 24, 2015
Aristocratic Anthony Eden, with his landed gentry forebears and his Eton background, hates Business and being "businesslike," whereas strongly Middle-Class Townsman Neville Chamberlain is the embodiment of Business.
From Time Magazine Archive
Matty heard him recite: Today, the road all runners come, Shoulder-high we bring you home, And set you at your threshold down, Townsman of a stiller town.
From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry
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