townee

chiefly British

Example Sentences

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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
Noun
  • Gerhard Siegel earns the audience’s gratitude by singing Herod not as a weak-willed despot but as a comically lascivious burgher out of Rosenkavalier.
    Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Women glide past, a mix of 19th-century bordello madams, shopkeepers and wives of wealthy burghers.
    Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • According to respective Instagram posts from his show co-star Melissa Gilbert and son Clint Lilley, Lilley died Wednesday after a storied career as a Hollywood stuntman and actor, who played various roles on the beloved '70s historical drama, including a townsman and stagecoach driver.
    Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The townsmen feared his razor-sharp teeth, lightning speed, and quick temper.
    Maeve Dunigan, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The whole series questions whether there’s a real creature or it’s invented by the villagers.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 25 June 2025
  • Dragon boat racing was said to begin after villagers agitated the water and paddled to try to save him or prevent his body from being eaten by fish, according to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art.
    Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • The community’s festive send-off identifies this as an important rite of passage, though the gatekeeper reminds Spike that no rescuers or search parties will be sent after colonists that fail to return.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
  • For most white Americans, and especially enslavers, the white colonists of Saint Domingue experiencing these changes were a focus of racial empathy.
    Time, Time, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • O'Reilly's acceptance of newcomers helped grow his city while other cities in the region with smaller immigrant communities saw a population decline during that decade.
    Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
  • For regular attendees of this elevated, date-night-worthy soiree, there will be newcomer wares to sample.
    Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • The remainder include both lawful residents and unauthorized migrants.
    Sara Chernikoff, USA Today, 28 June 2025
  • The department said their TPS protections would lapse on Sept. 2. Created by Congress in 1990, TPS allows the federal government to offer migrants work permits and a reprieve from deportation if their home countries are engulfed in a crisis, such as a war or an environmental disaster.
    June 27, CBS News, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • As paranoia rises, suspicions and secrets are forced into the light, and the locals start to realize there is a serial killer hidden amongst them.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 1 July 2025
  • Founded by Oakland locals Paul Iglesias and Sophia Akbar, the four-day series blends art, music, and modern Colombian cuisine—honoring Colombia’s July 20th declaration of independence from Spanish rule.
    Chelsea Davis, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • Changing forests fueled tick risks During the 18th and 19th centuries, settlers cleared more than half the forested land across the northeastern U.S., cutting down forests for timber and to make way for farms, towns and mining operations.
    Sean Lawrence, The Conversation, 18 June 2025
  • Before European settlers arrived in California and insisted on suppressing fire at every turn, the landscape burned regularly.
    Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025

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“Townee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/townee. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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