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(to̵unz′mən)

noun pl. townsmen

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

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

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noun

A man who is a resident of a town.
A man who is a fellow resident of one's town.

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