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townsman definition

towns·man (to̵unz′mən)

noun pl. townsmen -·men (-mən)

  1. a person who lives in, or has been reared in, a town
  2. a fellow resident of the town in which one lives

Etymology: ME tunesman < OE < gen. of tun, town + man, man

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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