townsman Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person from the same town as yourself
    • a fellow townsman
  2. noun a resident of a town or city
    towner.

WordNet


Towns"man noun
Wordforms
plural Townsmen
Definitions
  1. An inhabitant of a town; one of the same town with another. Pope.
  2. A selectman, in New England. See Selectman.

Webster 1913