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townspeople Definition

towns·people (to̵unzpē′pəl)

  1. the people of a town
  2. people brought up in a town or city, as distinguished from those brought up in the country

townspeople Usage Examples

Converse of subject

  • buy: Fifty years ago the chapel was bought by the townspeople and opened as a museum.

Converse of object

  • warn: The doctor tries to warn the townspeople of this danger.
  • tell: Today is when your new Town Mayor has the opportunity to tell the townspeople of his or her plans for the coming year.
  • hear: The townspeople heard about this new dish and came to the Malmesbury Abbey to try it.
  • allow: As a result 178 boroughs were granted permission to allow the townspeople to have their own councils.
  • serve: In all these offices he served the townspeople well.

Adjective modifier

  • local: Local townspeople thronged to ' open days ' in early December.
  • wealthy: The shows were free, paid for by wealthy townspeople who wanted to become popular with ordinary people.
  • various: Pacing is incredibly slow and there are few action scenes, there is however a lot of characterisation and interplay between the various townspeople.
  • other: JESS HAROLD aims the gun, but then gets trampled by the other townspeople.

Modifies a noun

  • greeting: Birthday List It's important to give townspeople greetings and gifts on their birthday, to get in their good graces.
townspeople Quotes

I will teach you my townspeople how to perform a funeral for you have it over a troop of artistsö unless one should scour the worldö you have the ground sense necessary.

—Williams,William Carlos

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