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Added 10 October 2026

townsman

noun

In Latin: oppidānus Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about townsman at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A person from the same town as yourself.
a fellow townsman
A resident of a town or city.

Origin

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

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