townspeople
plural noun
towns·peo·ple
ˈtau̇nz-ˌpē-pəl 
1
: the inhabitants of a town or city : townsmen
2
: town-dwelling or town-bred persons
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Monsters roam the streets at night, spiders and cicadas and worse stalk the surrounding forest, and existential dread permeates all the townspeople trapped within.
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Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2026
The real heroes are the townspeople, who never stopped searching for the marsupial on the run.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
The devastation resulted in 235 buildings destroyed and the death of 72 townspeople; 205 others suffered injuries.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2026
The whole settlement will collapse if townspeople can’t get along.
—Stephanie Burt, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
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Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2026
The real heroes are the townspeople, who never stopped searching for the marsupial on the run.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
The devastation resulted in 235 buildings destroyed and the death of 72 townspeople; 205 others suffered injuries.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2026
The whole settlement will collapse if townspeople can’t get along.
—Stephanie Burt, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
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“Townspeople.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/townspeople. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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townspeople
plural noun
towns·peo·ple
ˈtau̇nz-ˌpē-pəl
: the people who live in a town or city
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