townsman - use in sentences

Adjective modifier

  • fellow: One of Cromwell's fellow townsmen is also remembered in St Ives.
  • respected: Several well-known and highly respected townsmen were assaulted whilst quietly proceeding homewards.
  • prominent: Targets for attack were the houses of prominent townsmen who were alleged to have been agents for the successful anti-reform candidate.
  • leading: W. H. Gummer ), and fifty other of the leading townsmen.
  • old: Many older townsmen will remember the thought-provoking placards he used to display in his shop window at 18 Belgrave Gate.
  • ordinary: For all the ordinary townsmen, villagers, and particularly mothers, breadwinners and children who live there?

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