townswomen

noun

plural of townswoman
as in inhabitants

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  1. inhabitants
  2. residents
  3. occupants
  4. dwellers
  5. villagers
  6. burghers
  7. nationals
  8. habitants
Noun
  • There, the tyrannical February has condemned its inhabitants to eternal winter and forbids them from flying, while a masked resistance movement known as The Solution fights to restore light and freedom.
    — Alexandra Patterson, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The infamous explosion covered Pompeii and Herculaneum in volcanic debris, immortalizing the final moments of the ancient Roman cities and some of their unfortunate inhabitants in stunning detail.
    — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of inhabitants
Noun
  • Officers located two additional adult suspects, also Sacramento residents.
    — Vince Basada, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The 2026 midterm elections are also demonstrating how issues that begin as disputes between local governments and residents can spread across the country and become part of national political identities.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of residents
Noun
  • Investigators visited the home in the 400 block of North Swanson Road and interviewed the occupants.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Four of the vehicle’s occupants were confirmed dead at the scene, and two others were flown out by air ambulances and admitted to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton in critical condition.
    — Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of occupants
Noun
  • The modular design is easy to assemble (a gift for any apartment dwellers).
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Alligators, by contrast, are freshwater dwellers that populate lakes, ponds and marshes across the state.
    — Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of dwellers
Noun
  • Dozens of Nepali villagers who were stranded by the deadly floods lined up for days to return home via a makeshift zip line on Friday.
    — Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
  • In a moment, Vicente, who is in his early 60s, will join dozens of other villagers by the side of the main road who have gathered to watch stage nine of the Vuelta a España pass through.
    — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 3 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
  • Some 589 foreign nationals are among the missing, the NDRRMA said in their update.
    — Kosh Raj Koirala, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The South Korean nationals are among a growing number of people who have been abducted in recent months as for-ransom kidnappings remain a persistent threat as armed groups continue to expand their terriroties.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 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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“Townswomen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/townswomen. Accessed 7 Sep. 2026.

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