townswoman
noun
a female native or inhabitant of a town.
townswomen
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pluralof townswoman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
We were a little ashamed of our fair townswomen.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 by Various
He stiffened slightly but perceptibly, like a man clicking the buckles of his ready armor, and two townswomen who listened gradually turned their backs, but remained near.
From The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois
In her researches among her young townswomen she had always found this obtrusive swain planted in her path, and she grew at last to dislike him extremely.
From The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) by Henry James
