townees

noun

plural of townee, chiefly British
as in villagers

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  1. villagers
  2. burghers
  3. colonists
  4. migrants
  5. locals
  6. settlers
  7. newcomers
  8. nationals
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
  • Whenever villagers gathered, gossip that a not very nice woman was moving in never failed to surface.
    — Yasushi Inoue, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of villagers
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 burghers
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 colonists
Noun
  • Another agent had shown him a photo of a half-dozen migrants jammed in a porta-potty to share body heat.
    — Francisco Cantú, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Abbott bused migrants from the border to Chicago, often without a clear destination or adequate clothing for harsh Illinois winters.
    — Daniel C. Vock, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of migrants
Noun
  • Orlando was a place where deep connections, native and immigrant, had built multigenerational legacies, setting the table for locals and supporting one another.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Polish leaders, visitors and locals praised police officers who shot and wounded the attacker.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of locals
Noun
  • The game is set on the fictional island of Catan, a place where settlers must navigate bountiful and varied landscapes, shifting alliances, and limited resources, while robbers roam the land.
    — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Viewers will learn about the fragile alliance between the English settlers and the Wampanoag people, and the conflict that set the stage for the earliest foundations of American identity, according to Fox Nation.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of settlers
Noun
  • Miller is a fanatic about slamming shut America’s doors to newcomers.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 Nov. 2026
  • 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
Definition of newcomers
Noun
  • British authorities described the case as the first convictions of Iranian nationals under the National Security Act of 2023, warning that the verdicts underscored an ongoing threat from Iranian intelligence operations.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2026
  • The Franco brothers, who are Portuguese nationals, were detained and later formally arrested.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of nationals
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