noun

1. Brit., Dialectal a group of houses; hamlet
2. a more or less concentrated group of houses and private and public buildings, larger than a village but smaller than a city
3. a city or other thickly populated urban place
4. ☆
   1. in parts of the U.S., township (sense )
   2. in New England and some other states, a unit of local government having its sovereignty vested chiefly in a town meeting
5. in England, a village that holds a market periodically
6. the business center of a city to go into town
7. the inhabitants, voters, etc. of a town
8. the local residents of a town as distinct from the members of a college within the town

Etymology: ME < OE tun, enclosed space, group of houses, village, town; akin to Ger zaun, fence, hedge, OIr dūn, fortified camp

adjective