townsman

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtaʊnzmən/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(tounz′mən)

Inflections of 'townsman' (n): npl: townsmen

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
towns•man  (tounz′mən),USA pronunciation n., pl. -men. 
  1. a native or inhabitant of a town.
  2. a native or inhabitant of one's own or the same town.
  3. (in New England) a selectman.
  • bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English tūnesman fellow member of a township. See town, 's1, man1
    See -man. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
townsman / ˈtaʊnzmən/, (feminine)townswoman ( -men, -women)
  1. an inhabitant of a town
  2. a person from the same town as oneself
'townsman' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
oppidan - snob

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