TOWNEE Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

townee

noun

Definition of townee

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

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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

The second strike came after emergency workers had arrived to respond to the first airstrike and villagers had sought shelter in the underground school, which had been converted into a community center.

— Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2026
As the truck carrying Omitsu’s body lumbered along through the drifts, the villagers walked beside it, occasionally helping to sweep away snow.

— Yasushi Inoue, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of villager

Noun

Texas’ Democratic sweep has raised questions about whether California transplants helped turn the state blue, but experts doubt the newcomers drove the shift.

— Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
Some Democratic candidates had experience as mayors or state lawmakers, but many are political newcomers.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of newcomer

Noun

In 1825, French King Charles X demanded 150 million francs to compensate France’s former colonists and slaveholders as the price of recognition.

— Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026
The force was ready to face the British troops who had marched from Boston to seize gunpowder the colonists had stored ahead of what was likely to be a rebellion in the colonies.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of colonist

Noun

Last New Year’s Eve, a boat carrying more than 200 migrants sank off the coast of Gambia.

— Eve Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
Some in the caravans gathering this week hope that after the elections, migrants might receive better treatment at the hands of US immigration officials.

— Merlín Delcid, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of migrant

Noun

Since then, crews have been working to open an additional 3 miles of trail upstream into the canyon, providing locals access to recreate amongst the scenic rock walls and rushing rapids.

— Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2026
The harbor is a gauntlet of crab houses on stilts, although locals say most are now unused and some sit in obvious disrepair.

— John Anglim, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2026

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