townspeople
[tounz-pee-puh l]
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Origin of townspeople
Also called townsfolk.
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Contemporary Examples
But, in my mind—and many of the townspeople—the monument was far from the main attraction.
And, whereas the townspeople start rioting and attacking the chain-smoking cult the Guilty Remnant, Nora is at peace.
Carrie Coon on ‘The Leftovers,’ That Wild Finale, Her Apocalyptic Visions, and ‘Gone Girl’Marlow Stern
September 9, 2014
Amerli was clearly a defeat for ISIS and a relief for the townspeople who had held off the group for six weeks.
Townspeople who spoke to the AP said it rolled into Snizhne around lunchtime.
When asked, the townspeople with hearing did not consider deafness a disability at all.
Historical Examples
Happily the townspeople became aware of the peril which threatened them.
BunyanJames Anthony Froude
Yet these country-people are no more corrupt or degenerate than the townspeople.
The Sexual QuestionAugust Forel
Indeed, the townspeople spoke of this fruit with grimaces of disgust.
The Fortune of the RougonsEmile Zola
As yet Issy's part in the Bartlett-Higgins episode was unknown to the townspeople.
The Depot MasterJoseph C. Lincoln
I am beginning to know the townspeople and to like some of them.
The Rise of Roscoe PaineJoseph C. Lincoln
townspeople
townsfolk (ˈtaʊnzˌfəʊk)
- the inhabitants of a town; citizens
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