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Definition of Townsman

1. Noun. A person from the same town as yourself. "A fellow townsman"

Definition of Townsman

1. n. An inhabitant of a town; one of the same town with another.

Definition of Townsman

1. Noun. a man who is a resident of a town, especially of one's own town ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Townsman

1. a resident of a town [n TOWNSMEN]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Townsman

Literary usage of Townsman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fifty Contemporary One-act Plays by Frank Shay, Pierre Loving (1920)
"townsman. I am the father of a fam- AMERICAN. Is that my fault? ... [townsman at center throws off liis coat and is unbuttoning his re»t when his wife ..."

2. The English Illustrated Magazine (1896)
"I.— OUR LEARNED FELL(IW-townsman. IT was the title that, for some fifteen years, had been tacked to the name of Percy Marfleet whenever he was mentioned in ..."

3. A Life of William Shakespeare by Sidney Lee (1898)
"Shake- townsman. speare and Field, who was made free of the Stationers' Company in 1587, were soon associated as author and publisher; but the theory that ..."

4. A Life of William Shakespeare by Sidney Lee (1898)
"On April 18, 1593, Richard Field, the printer, who was his fellow-townsman, obtained a license for the publication of ' Venus and Adonis,' a ..."

5. Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society by Connecticut Historical Society (1897)
"... Lord as townsman for powdr sold of sd towns by sd Lord Nov : 20th 1695 the Committy Chosen and ..."

6. Life and Correspondence of John A. Quitman: Major-general, U.S.A., and by John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne (1860)
"Meets an old townsman.—The Dinner-table.—Coblentz.—Waterloo.—Fails to sell the Bonds.—Letter from Thomas S. Munce.—Return to the United States. ..."

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