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
  • The murder leaves the villagers uneasy and forms the first crack in their orderly lives.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026
  • The face of evil, Clemons hires him to command his army against the villagers, but Skelton is hard to control.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 21 July 2026
Definition of villager
Noun
  • Charlotte has a growing reputation as a food city, and there’s no shortage of great dining options for newcomers and visitors, along with people in the know.
    — Evan Moore July 23, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2026
  • Some are centuries-old grande dames; others are boutique newcomers.
    — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 23 July 2026
Definition of newcomer
Noun
  • Under British rule, mail wasn’t private; postmasters could open letters to spy on colonists.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 16 July 2026
  • Religious symbols are best displayed in non-governmental spaces given that America was formed by colonists who fled England to seek freedom of religion.
    — Tara Sonenshine, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2026
Definition of colonist
Noun
  • At the height of the border crisis, Hartman said agents sometimes encountered groups of up to 70 migrants moving through the underground maze.
    — Brooke Taylor, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026
  • The foreign minister told me that in the southern Mexican city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, about 140 miles from the nearest Mexico-Guatemala border crossing, a tractor-trailer had crashed while carrying more than 160 Guatemalan migrants.
    — Ken Salazar, Time, 20 July 2026
Definition of migrant
Noun
  • One famous local on the celebrity wall is aviation pioneer Wally Funk, the oldest woman to travel to space.
    — Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026
  • The rest were overseas — many of them belonging to impoverished locals living in conflict zones or economically depressed regions where other employment options are scarce.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 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 26 Jul. 2026.

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