Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A man who is a resident of a town.
- noun A man who is a fellow resident of one's town.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An inhabitant of a town.
- noun A fellow-inhabitant of a town; a fellow-citizen.
- noun A town officer now called a selectman.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An inhabitant of a town; one of the same town with another.
- noun A selectman, in New England. See
Selectman .
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- noun a
man who is aresident of atown , especially of one's own town
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person from the same town as yourself
- noun a resident of a town or city
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Secretary of State, our honored townsman, is stabbed as he lies helpless upon a bed of pain, his sons and defenders are disabled, the Chief of all is slain, and the nation cries out in agony!
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In Killaloe, where a bishop might be seen walking about every day, the mitred dignitary of the Church, though much loved, was thought of, I fear, but lightly; whereas a Cabinet Minister coming to stay in the house of a townsman was a thing to be wondered at, to be talked about, to be afraid of, to be a fruitful source of conversation for a year to come.
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They startled contemporaries by their radicalism, and their conduct gives the lie to our preconceived idea that a townsman is a man of peace.
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In Killaloe, where a bishop might be seen walking about every day, the mitred dignitary of the Church, though much loved, was thought of, I fear, but lightly; whereas a Cabinet Minister coming to stay in the house of a townsman was a thing to be wondered at, to be talked about, to be afraid of, to be a fruitful source of conversation for a year to come.
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In Killaloe, where a bishop might be seen walking about every day, the mitred dignitary of the Church, though much loved, was thought of, I fear, but lightly; whereas a Cabinet Minister coming to stay in the house of a townsman was a thing to be wondered at, to be talked about, to be afraid of, to be a fruitful source of conversation for a year to come.
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Cabinet Minister coming to stay in the house of a townsman was a thing to be wondered at, to be talked about, to be afraid of, to be
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"countryman, rustic, clown, paysan, villager," still signify a rude and untaught person, as opposed to the words "townsman" and "citizen".
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The soldier that looks up there knows that that's protecting him, the townsman knows that that's protecting him, the Taliban knows that that might be looking at him.
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Mr Loffts Letter will tell how Nats piece go on; and Isaac can tell you more, and can, if he likes, tell your townsman Reynolds that he is an impudent dog to attempt to father verses that he never wrote.
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A thankless role of a zealous townsman who whips up religious fervor and negative sentiment against Grimes, Bob Boles is far less showy than Mrs. Sedley, a character who serves a similar function but receives much more attention.
dailyword commented on the word townsman
This word was used in "The Three Lives Of Thomasina."
September 1, 2012