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townsman

noun towns·man \ ˈtau̇nz-mən \

Definition of townsman

1 a :a native or resident of a town or city
b :an urban or urbane person
2 :a fellow citizen of a town

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Examples of townsman in a Sentence

  1. thousands of townsmen turned out to vote on the school budget

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First Known Use of townsman

before 12th century

townsman Synonyms

Synonyms
citizen, townie (or towny), burgher, villager
Antonyms
noncitizen
Related Words
townswoman; cliff dweller, denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, national, native, occupant, resident, resider, subject; town, townsfolk, townspeople; suburbanite, urbanite
Near Antonyms
alien, foreigner, guest, nonnative, tourist, transient, visitor; gownsman

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