Gender
See -woman.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of townswoman
Example Sentences
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The verdant costume for just one townswoman involves 900 yards of ombré-dyed organza ribbon.
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2021
The same train has also brought a middle-aged townswoman and a baby.
From Time Magazine Archive
He married a fellow townswoman, reached the Philippines in 1915.
From Time Magazine Archive
Today she has played a townswoman meeting a bus.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the city of Tours there dwelt a chaste and comely townswoman, who, by reason of her virtues, was not only loved but feared also and respected by her husband.
From The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. IV. (of V.) by George Saintsbury
The film, based on Rosalie Ham’s 2000 novel, turns on the promising idea that high fashion can be used as weapon, ensnaring the repulsive townswomen and underlining their ugly natures.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2016
I see all the miniature townsmen and townswomen stationed throughout this imaginary village.
From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson
But the experienced townswomen quoted some similar cases, in which the infants had grown stronger immediately after baptism.
From The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy by Samuel A. Binion
But on the afternoon when Esther was receiving subtly sympathetic townswomen, Jeffrey, between the rows of springing corn, heard steps and looked up from his hoeing.
From The Prisoner by Alice Brown
O wretched townswomen, no foe, no camp of Argive men671 Ye burn, but your own hopes ye burn.
From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by William Morris
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