townswoman

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Recent Examples of townswoman One townswoman Wise befriended at work met her in a bathroom with a change of clothes and the ID badge of another woman who was out sick. Desiree Stennett, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Oct. 2022 The other is the drowning, under possibly suspicious circumstances, of a much-loved young townswoman, Ariel. Ellen Akins Washington Post, Star Tribune, 22 Feb. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for townswoman
Noun
  • According to respective Instagram posts from his show co-star Melissa Gilbert and son Clint Lilley, Lilley died Wednesday after a storied career as a Hollywood stuntman and actor, who played various roles on the beloved '70s historical drama, including a townsman and stagecoach driver.
    Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The townsmen feared his razor-sharp teeth, lightning speed, and quick temper.
    Maeve Dunigan, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • And what are the judgy looks from villagers passing on the road about?
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
  • But villagers who live in Maoist territory are largely cut off from the country’s rapidly growing economy, and many live in fear, both of rebels taking their children as recruits and violent government raids.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Gerhard Siegel earns the audience’s gratitude by singing Herod not as a weak-willed despot but as a comically lascivious burgher out of Rosenkavalier.
    Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Women glide past, a mix of 19th-century bordello madams, shopkeepers and wives of wealthy burghers.
    Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • That December saw the launch of an Air Algerie flight between Paris and the oasis town of Djanet.
    Angela Dansby, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
  • Located in the Czech town of Brnenec, nearly 100 miles southeast of Prague, the Museum of Survivors held its grand opening on May 10, just after the 80th anniversary of World War II’s end in Europe on May 8, 1945.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • This meant that Iowa citizens were exposed to having meritless lawsuits brought against them to silence their free speech rights, or retaliate against them for having done so, through the use of the litigation process itself.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • The new law made married women dependent citizens; their citizenship status was now entirely derived from that of their husbands.
    Time, Time, 19 May 2025

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“Townswoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/townswoman. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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