townswoman

noun

Definition of townswomannext
as in townsman

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Recent Examples of townswoman As the backstory evolved, Calico townswoman Sarah Marshall transformed into the Green Witch on the gallows, turned her accusing neighbors into monsters with a wicked curse and vanished in a puff of smoke with a cackling laugh. — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for townswoman
  1. townsman
  2. villager
  3. burgher
  4. town
  5. citizen
  6. townsfolk
Noun
  • These were probably composed by Sebastian Lotzer, a townsman and furrier, on the basis of hundreds of complaints that different groups of peasants had been formulating for weeks beforehand.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
  • One cut scene, Good recalls, featured a townsman sacrificing himself with a homemade net bomb.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 21 Aug. 2025
Definition of townsman
Noun
  • Sea turtles now nest on the secluded sandy beach that’s for all intents and purposes private, save for villagers occasionally visiting the small oceanfront temple for ceremonies.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The villagers were allowed to return home late Monday afternoon, though a cordon remained around the three vehicles, police said.
    — ALASTAIR GRANT, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of villager
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 burgher
Noun
  • For guests staying longer, the hotel can arrange activities including truffle hunts, seasonal wine harvest experiences, and tours of nearby towns and historical sites.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026
  • His effortlessly chic spring 2027 collection was inspired by Roger Moore, Lord Snowdon and Lucian Freud, among other men-about-town.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of town
Noun
  • Countries including the United States, Britain, Germany, Australia and Canada warned citizens to avoid the airport.
    — Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The result is a country spending heavily to sustain its public institutions while struggling to deliver the services citizens expect and a political system increasingly consumed by conflict over how to fix them.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of citizen
Noun
  • Soon the village doctor is found murdered and the townsfolk turn on the boy, leaving the stranger as his only hope.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
  • There’s no excuse, though, for wheeling in some talkative NPC just to explain why the townsfolk are acting skittish.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of townsfolk

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“Townswoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/townswoman. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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