Townsman

Towns′man

(tounz′man)

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Townsmen

(tounz′men)

.

1.

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

Pope.

2.

A selectman, in New England. See

Selectman

.

Townsman

TOWNS'MAN

,

Noun.

[town and man.] An inhabitant of a place; or one of the same town with another.

1.

A selectman; an officer of the town in New England, who assists in managing the affairs of the town. [See Selectmen.]

townsman

English

Noun

townsman ‎(plural townsmen)

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

Translations

male resident of a town

Albanian: bashkëqytetar (sq) m
Breton: kêriad (br) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 市民 (zh) ‎(shìmín)
Danish: borger (da) m
Finnish: kaupunkilainen (fi)

French: citadin (fr) m
German: Bürger (de) m, Stadtbewohner (de) m
Japanese: 市民 (ja) ‎(しみん, shimin)
Russian: горожа́нин (ru) m ‎(gorožánin), городско́й жи́тель m ‎(gorodskój žítelʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: мештанин m, meštanin m, мјештанин m, mještanin (sh) m
Slovene: krajan m
Swedish: stadsbo (sv) c, borgare (sv) c

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