Townsman
['taʊnzmən]
Definition
(noun.) a resident of a town or city.
(noun.) a person from the same town as yourself; 'a fellow townsman'.
Checker: Wilmer--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) An inhabitant of a town; one of the same town with another.
(n.) A selectman, in New England. See Selectman.
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Examples
- The majority incline to the debilitated cousin's sentiment, which is in few words--no business--Rouncewell's fernal townsman. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- My gifted townsman stood gloomily apart, with folded arms, and I could have wished that his curls and forehead had been more probable. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- From the dawn of history the manufacturer and craftsman had been, as we have said, a sort of middle-class townsman. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This hostility exacerbated the natural discord of nomad and townsman. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Upon my unfortunate townsman all these incidents accumulated with playful effect. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The townsmen despise and cheat the nomads, the nomads ill-treat and despise the townsfolk. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Their personal bearing, he says further, is quieter and more dignified than that of the townsmen of Turkestan and Persia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Meanwhile, on the part of the principal townsmen a strong determination was growing against him. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The early Franks and the Anglo-Saxon conquerors of South Britain had much the same feeling towards townsmen. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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