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Townsman

Townsman \Towns"man\ (tounz"man), n.; pl. Townsmen (tounz"men).

  1. An inhabitant of a town; one of the same town with another.
    --Pope.

  2. A selectman, in New England. See Selectman.

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townsman

n. a man who is a resident of a town, especially of one's own town

WordNet
townsman
  1. n. a person from the same town as yourself; "a fellow townsman"

  2. a resident of a town or city [syn: towner]

Usage examples of "townsman".

He was both young and very rich, and a mighty man among his townsmen, and well had he learned that ginger is hot in the mouth, and though he had come forth to the war for the increasing of his fame, he had no will to die among the Markmen, either for the sake of the city of Rome, or of any folk whatsoever, but was liefer to live for his own sake.

Sir Stephen, who had been struck by a petronel bullet, and wore a crimsoned kerchief bound round his snow-white head, saw the wisdom of the advice, and moved his townsmen as directed.

Furius and Valerius, having set out from the city to Sutrium, found one part of the town already taken by the Etrurians, and on the other part, the approaches to which were barricaded, the townsmen with difficulty repelling the assault of the enemy.

Albans were forced open, and a throng of townsmen crowded in, led by one William Grindcobbe, who compelled the abbot to deliver up the charters which held the town in serfage to the abbey.

When a townsman and frequent visitor named John Marston called at the house on the afternoon of July 3, Adams was able to utter only a few words.

And the most likely means that the greatest of their heads could invent, was that which Apollyon had advised to before, namely, to get the townsmen again to sin.

Townsmen and merchants on top of their carriages, cavalry officers, bright in their red and gold uniforms, rough teamsters in what passed for formal dress in that level of society, illiterate shepherds from the Randau Basin and befurred mountain folk from the north, sweating in their heavy cloaks.

A group of coffee-bar regulars, townsmen who stopped to sample her special blend and her cardamon or poppy-seed rolls before they went to play golf at Bogey Wells, arrived before the coffee finished perking.

Lungan road had a desperate look, a few traders, anxious gentry in fancy, flower-painted carriages and countryfolk in plain farm carts, or just poor townsmen walking with baskets and bundles.

Before dawn, Ulad and three husky townsmen unloaded two cannon from the wagons and dragged them forward to face the foe to the east.

SLUGS of College, an offensive appellation applied to the fellows of Eton by the townsmen.

The German cavalry of Havre under Van Eude at once deserted, and joining the Spanish cavalry fell upon the townsmen.

Gipsies, Lesghians, professional horse-copers, and townsmen arrived to bargain.

A number of the townsmen who had accompanied Aliat this far had returned to Sendai, but several friends remained with him.

Aliat and his townsmen begged for time to return to Sendai and bring back merchandise of their own.