townsman

noun

Etymology

From Middle English townes-man, from Old English tūnmann, tūnes mann, equivalent to town + -s- + man.

  1. inherited from tūnmann
  2. inherited from townes-man

Definitions

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

    • Two independent witnesses would testify that he carried no parcel. They were townsmen of St. Abbots who had travelled down in the same carriage with him.
  2. A resident of a university town, as opposed to a scholar at the university

    A resident of a university town, as opposed to a scholar at the university; a townie.

  3. Synonym of oppidan (“type of student”).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA