town meeting

noun

Synonyms of town meetingnext
: a meeting of inhabitants or taxpayers constituting the legislative authority of a town

Examples of town meeting in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Marblehead Public Access Television After the planning board all but admitted at a town meeting on May 4 that there is no plan to actually build new housing on the golf course, resident David Modica teed off. David Wade, CBS News, 12 May 2026 According to Blahunka, almost 60 people attended the April 14 annual town meeting, based on the meeting’s sign-in sheet. Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026 The council must endorse a budget by April 29, then convene a town meeting and set the budget and tax rate May 11. Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2026 Longtime colleagues excoriated one another in internal town meetings. Steven F. Wilson, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for town meeting

Word History

First Known Use

1636, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of town meeting was in 1636

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Town meeting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/town%20meeting. Accessed 16 May. 2026.

Kids Definition

town meeting

noun
: a meeting of townspeople to pass laws for the town

More from Merriam-Webster on town meeting

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster