townie
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.town·ie
noun \ˈtau̇-nē\ plural townies
Definition of TOWNIE
: townsman; especially : a permanent inhabitant of a town as distinguished from a member of another group (as the academic community)
See Variants of TOWNIE
town·ie or towny \ˈtau̇-nē\
Examples of TOWNIE
- fights between townies and college kids
- <the townies are dismayed that all the venerable manses around the village green are being bought as vacation homes by rich interlopers>
First Known Use of TOWNIE
1852
Related to TOWNIE
- Synonyms
- local, localite, native (or towny), year-rounder
- Antonyms
- noncitizen
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