TOWNSWOMEN Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

townswomen

noun

plural of townswoman

as in inhabitants

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Noun

Its inhabitants won their freedom from Spain by royal decree in 1691.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
The film offers a portrait of a remote Salvadoran village whose inhabitants carry the memory of a massacre during the country’s civil war.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of inhabitants

Noun

Lineage has been a pariah in the community, with residents and Los Angeles officials speaking out after the company missed the city’s 45-day deadline to remove the waste.

— Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
The board’s original August notice alleged that visitors parked along private streets and could impede residents or emergency vehicles.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of residents

Noun

All three occupants were evaluated for smoke inhalation at the scene and were taken to an area hospital, according to fire officials.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026
The school district said a student received minor injuries, however the patrol wrote the school bus occupants were not injured.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of occupants

Noun

Oakland is implementing a new encampment policy that allows inhabited vehicles to be cited and towed more quickly, drawing the ire of RV dwellers who say the city is reneging on its promises.

— CBS News, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026
The change in psychological distress levels since the pandemic was twice as large for solo dwellers in remote-friendly jobs compared with those who live with others, the Science study found.

— Cordilia James, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of dwellers

Noun

The results announced on Wednesday showed 285 votes in favor of breaking away, with 26 villagers voting against.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
There’s an understandable pacing dip afterward, when the wounded villagers think the nightmare is over and our protagonists learn separately that the forest holds more of these mysteriously strong creatures.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of villagers

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 burghers

Noun

Molis Augustave is among dozens of Haitian nationals expected to be placed aboard an Immigration and Customs Enforcement charter flight in Alexandria, Louisiana, and deported to Haiti on Thursday.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
Although the Mexican government does not require aspiring nationals to state their reason for acquiring citizenship, Carlos González Gutiérrez, consul general of Mexico in Los Angeles, believes the cause for the uptick to be political.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of nationals

Noun

Accordingly, the First Continental Congress wrote to Quebec’s habitants – residents of French origin – to invite them to join their new nationalist project.

— Sarah M.S. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
One of those new habitants, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced last week, was Lily Pond in Long Island.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026

Definition of habitants

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