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US
/ˈtaʊnzmən/
]
[ UK /tˈaʊnzmən/ ]
[ UK /tˈaʊnzmən/ ]
NOUN
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a person from the same town as yourself
a fellow townsman - a resident of a town or city
How To Use townsman In A Sentence
- Fellow-townsman party is an objective informal group in colleges and universities, which has double impacts on the whole campus work especially the students affairs.
- 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. Crazy About the Boy
- a fellow townsman
- But the townsman who gave Cesare this information was also quick to add, "He will not compete tonight. THE FAMILY
- 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! Character and Death of Abraham Lincoln
- A pile of newspapers and letters for the master of the house; the Newcome Sentinel, old county paper, moderate conservative, in which our worthy townsman and member is praised, his benefactions are recorded, and his speeches given at full length; the Newcome Independent, in which our precious member is weekly described as a ninny, and informed almost every Thursday morning that he is a bloated aristocrat, as he munches his dry toast. The Newcomes
- one of those muddle-headed, stupid yokels with little or no mind," who, according to the townsman, "moulder" in country villages "till they become demented. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography
- 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. Phineas Finn
- 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 Phineas Finn The Irish Member
- But, alas! the very sight of them was as a match to the resin of the pit, and a roar of defiance was flung back, – townsman against gownsman, hereditary enemies challenging each other as they are used to do when party or political processions march before the railings on College Green. Our Irish Theatre: A Chapter of Autobiography