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townee

noun

Definition of towneenext
chiefly British
as in burgher

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Recent Examples of townee As they're greeted by a sleeker and sexier group of performing townees, Melissa and Josh are confused, to say the least. — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for townee
  1. burgher
  2. townsman
  3. villager
  4. newcomer
  5. colonist
  6. migrant
  7. local
  8. localite
Noun
  • Like the yeoman boys are out in the barn, half-naked, working out, buffing up and wearing animal heads and preparing for some kind of an inchoate battle with the burghers.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025
  • These works, painted by artists such as Rembrandt van Rijn, Ferdinand Bol, and Bartholomeus van der Helst, depict the powerful merchant-burghers who shaped the political and social fabric of Golden Age Amsterdam.
    — Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Definition of burgher
Noun
  • These were probably composed by Sebastian Lotzer, a townsman and furrier, on the basis of hundreds of complaints that different groups of peasants had been formulating for weeks beforehand.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
  • One cut scene, Good recalls, featured a townsman sacrificing himself with a homemade net bomb.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 21 Aug. 2025
Definition of townsman
Noun
  • Krux may be about the end of times, but these were dark times to begin with, and the film leaves us hopeful that some of the villagers will find their way back to the light.
    — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026
  • When the government expanded the park in the late 1990s and early 2000s, hundreds of villagers—including Mgesi's family—were forcibly evicted from their ancestral lands.
    — Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of villager
Noun
  • In other news, the fair’s popular Premise sector, which focuses on unusual curatorial displays that hope to broaden our understanding of art history, is expanding this year to include 12 participating galleries, nine of them being newcomers.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The proposal would also require some parents of foreign students to attend Italian language classes, part of Meloni’s push to make newcomers embrace national culture, rules and gender norms.
    — Maria Grazia Murru, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of newcomer
Noun
  • The English lacked a body of laws specific to slavery; their colonists adapted.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Before the American Revolution, white American colonists enjoyed one of the highest standards of living in the Western world.
    — Sandra Slater, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of colonist
Noun
  • While the birds that left early numbered in the thousands, the number of migrants in late September becomes millions.
    — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The integration of migrants, particularly those from Muslim-majority countries, remains contentious in Italian politics and society.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of migrant
Noun
  • Between the waves, locals can be seen taking lungfuls of air before diving under the surface to search for sea cucumbers or perhaps another haul of 9th-century Tang treasure like the one found in 1998.
    — Claire Turrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Many locals are almost obsessively determined to preserve their favorite rituals and support their most beloved insider spots, grounded in tradition and the authentic spirit of Milan.
    — Emma Bocchi, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of local
Noun
  • Our list of hard studying localites include, from Beachwood, Celia Edelstein and Dorian Miller.
    — Jeff Piorkowski/special to cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 26 Jan. 2018
Definition of localite

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“Townee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/townee. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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