town meeting

noun

: 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

Malloy crisscrossed the state during his first few months in office, holding 17 town meetings to explain the fiscal ticking time bomb represented by unfunded pension obligations. — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026

Proponents of the change call the new ball a compromise, with one neighbor speaking up at a town meeting. — Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Residents have fiercely protested against the deployment of Flock cameras, overrunning town meetings. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 9 July 2026

The New England town meeting is the earliest example. — Trygve Throntveit, Time, 27 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1636, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for town meeting

• accreting
• competing
• completing
• concreting
• defeating
• deleting
• depleting
• entreating
• preheating
• reheating
• repeating
• retreating

Kids Definition

town meeting

noun

: a meeting of townspeople to pass laws for the town