as in citizens
a person who lives in a town on a permanent basis
thousands of townsmen turned out to vote on the school budget
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Noun
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As Japanese American children were detained, so have immigrant children been locked up, some for months on end, in detention centers; some children, including US citizens, have been deported.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026 -
The weather service encourages law enforcement officers, firefighters, dispatchers, EMS personnel, utility workers, and private citizens — as well as those affiliated with hospitals, schools, churches, and nursing homes — to become spotters.—
Mary Wasson,
Austin American Statesman,
15 Feb. 2026
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The farm has been so long neglected that its barn and homestead are in complete disrepair, its fields untended and its livestock distributed among the villagers, none of whom volunteer to return the animals.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Feb. 2026
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This was the local method of refrigeration, and the villagers survived on subsistence hunting.—
Ken Harbaugh,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Townsmen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/townsmen. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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