SINCE 1828
towner
noun
town·er
| \ ˈtau̇nə(r)\
plural -s
Definition of towner
slang
: a town or city dweller : townsman
the streets were crawling with people—towners and visiting country cousins— Bill Ballantine
—used especially by circus troupes of the local citizenry the circus people, clannish and ever suspicious of towners— Al Hine
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