variants or towny
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as in native
a usually longtime resident of a locality the townies are dismayed that all the venerable manses around the village green are being bought as vacation homes by rich interlopers

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as in citizen
a person who lives in a town on a permanent basis the university board met with an association representing the townies to figure out a solution to the problems created by off-campus parties

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Recent Examples of townie That Canton murder was exposed by the feds after the locals brushed it off as a suicide to protect a fellow townie cop. Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 July 2025 The image Benchley leaves us with is one of the townie dying for the town, Quint vanishing into the sucking blue, his arms spread like Christ. Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 26 June 2025 Once there, Montauk townies, preppy uptowners, humble fans of tech-house, scene kids, and everything in between get treated to sets from the biggest names in dance, rap, and pop. Waiss Aramesh, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2025 Off-duty, there are group mountain bike rides, townie bike tours, and ski posses, followed by brews at the nearby Brick Oven Pizzeria. Nick Davidson, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2014 See All Example Sentences for townie
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Noun
  • Liberty native and Mizzou senior Kayley Lenger claimed a front row spot in one of the student section seating areas, which sits behind the visiting team’s bench.
    Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
  • These would be plants that are classified as natives.
    Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Can the president lower the flags for a private citizen?
    James Powel, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The story began moving in the other direction when Kaw Nation citizen James Pepper Henry visited the Sacred Red Rock in the 1990s, vowing one day bring the Stone home to the Kanza people.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Police are asking residents to call 305-474-6473 to report sightings of stray or aggressive dogs.
    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Georgia Marcum, 21, a resident of The Cliffs and a University of Arkansas, Fayetteville student was home when the shooting began and was evacuated by police.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But something in Chocolat—the tale of a single mother, Vianne, who opens a chocolate shop in front of the church, on the first day of Lent, in a tiny, conservative French village, setting the villagers at loggerheads—had captured the public imagination.
    Joanne Harris September 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
  • With the support of villagers and a French smuggler, Grau embarks on a dangerous mission that jeopardizes his own life and that of his family, while reigniting wounds from the still-recent Spanish Civil War.
    Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Canales was brought here to bring a creative offense to town.
    Mike Kaye September 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • And the next test comes to town from Lafayette in the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns (1-1).
    Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Townie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/townie. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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