townee

chiefly British

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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
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Noun
  • As the film starts, Maria is first met supervising a class trip to the local cider factory owned by local burgher Frank (Sean Gilder), whose daughter Pauline (Nia Brown) is in Maria’s class.
    Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
  • But American offers a distinct mouth feel in a burgher that seemingly highbrow fromages simply can’t provide.
    Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • One cut scene, Good recalls, featured a townsman sacrificing himself with a homemade net bomb.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Every year, villagers in Brittany gathered to have their sins forgiven, dance the gavotte, and watch the young townsmen wrestle after denouncing the devil.
    Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • But something in Chocolat—the tale of a single mother, Vianne, who opens a chocolate shop in front of the church, on the first day of Lent, in a tiny, conservative French village, setting the villagers at loggerheads—had captured the public imagination.
    Joanne Harris September 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
  • With the support of villagers and a French smuggler, Grau embarks on a dangerous mission that jeopardizes his own life and that of his family, while reigniting wounds from the still-recent Spanish Civil War.
    Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Their pacifism later brings them in direct conflict with the colonists gearing up to fight the British.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The over-the-top propaganda that leads the game off suggests the Earth Directorate is here to protect colonists from out-of-control corporations and tyrannical governments.
    Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Other pros, including Gleb Savchenko, Ezra Sosa, and newcomer Jan Ravnik, appear to be single this season—but as past seasons have shown, the ballroom has a way of sparking unexpected connections.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Classic black and stainless steel are taking a backseat to bold, bright hues as kitchenware brands—including stalwarts such as Le Creuset and KitchenAid, as well as newcomers like Great Jones and Caraway—embrace color in the kitchen.
    Heather Riske, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • More than 28,000 migrants have arrived in small boats across the Channel so far this year.
    Vitalii Yalahuzian, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • On Friday, an undocumented migrant in a suburb of Chicago was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer after resisting arrest.
    Antonia Mortensen, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • These residences are dedicated to providing elaborate high-end amenities for its residents and create a significant draw for locals to move downtown and for others to move to Kansas City altogether.
    Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The initiative comes as soaring prices are squeezing locals out of ownership.
    Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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

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“Townee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/townee. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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