TOWNEES Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

townees

noun

plural of townee, chiefly British

as in villagers

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The results announced on Wednesday showed 285 votes in favor of breaking away, with 26 villagers voting against.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
There’s an understandable pacing dip afterward, when the wounded villagers think the nightmare is over and our protagonists learn separately that the forest holds more of these mysteriously strong creatures.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 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

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Japan regained sovereignty over the island in the 1970s, but the American military still has a heavy presence there, continuing tensions between locals and the armed colonists surrounding them.

— Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
In his telling, the Lenape agreed to sell Dutch colonists only as much land on Manhattan as could be covered by a man’s breeches.

— Eric Lach, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of colonists

Noun

For that sequence, the production recruited migrants through associations in Alicante to work as background actors.

— Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
Although a majority of migrants have voluntarily returned to Morocco, hundreds of children like Ismael are still living on the streets.

— Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of migrants

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Along the way, Rice helped to schedule events in various NFL cities, including ride-alongs with locals and tours around stadiums.

— Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Traditional political parties were banned, and a council of locals began directly managing the town’s funds.

— Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of locals

Noun

Afrikaners are descended from mainly Dutch and French colonial settlers who first came to South Africa in the 17th century.

— CBS News, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Festival-goers will find more than dozens of booths, including a large children’s area, a historical exhibit documenting local Hispanic settlers, and a fine art exhibit.

— Ashlyn Ware, Midwest Living, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of settlers

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Molis Augustave is among dozens of Haitian nationals expected to be placed aboard an Immigration and Customs Enforcement charter flight in Alexandria, Louisiana, and deported to Haiti on Thursday.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
Although the Mexican government does not require aspiring nationals to state their reason for acquiring citizenship, Carlos González Gutiérrez, consul general of Mexico in Los Angeles, believes the cause for the uptick to be political.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

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