TOWNSWOMAN Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

townswoman

noun

Definition of townswoman

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

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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

Krux may be about the end of times, but these were dark times to begin with, and the film leaves us hopeful that some of the villagers will find their way back to the light.

— Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026
When the government expanded the park in the late 1990s and early 2000s, hundreds of villagers—including Mgesi's family—were forcibly evicted from their ancestral lands.

— Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 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

Now based in Milan, Marcon was born in 1985 in Busto Arsizio, a town an hour’s drive to the northwest of the city.

— Matthew McLean, Artforum, 22 Sep. 2026
George had a gold molar, a biology degree from the University of Nairobi, and—according to himself—a girlfriend in every town from Eldoret to Mombasa.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of town

Noun

Democracy is supposed to be a marketplace of ideas competing for the votes of citizens.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
But with the king issuing guidance that establishes the Sussexes firmly as private citizens, has the relationship been impacted for the worse?

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of citizen

Noun

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
Maeve’s a fish out of water and sneers at all the townsfolk, except for one pretty boy (Costa D’Angelo).

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026

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