TOWNSMAN

townsman, towner

(noun) a resident of a town or city

townsman

(noun) a person from the same town as yourself; “a fellow townsman”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

townsman (plural townsmen)

A man who is a resident of a town, especially of one's own town.

Synonym: city dweller

Coordinate terms

• country dweller

Source: Wiktionary


Towns"man, n.; pl. Townsmen (-men).

1. An inhabitant of a town; one of the same town with another. Pope.

2. A selectman, in New England. See Selectman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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