townsman

[ tounz-muh n ]

/ ˈtaʊnz mən /

a native or inhabitant of a town.

a native or inhabitant of one's own or the same town.

(in New England) a selectman.

Origin of townsman

before 1000; Middle English; Old English tūnesman fellow member of a township. See town, 's¹, man¹

See -man.

"I resent the fact that a farmer is considered to be socially inferior to a townsman," he said.

The Foundations of Japan |J.W. Robertson Scott
Meanwhile, a buzz from without intimated too distinctly that the mob was collecting to witness the fate of their townsman.

Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 |Alexander Leighton
One townsman is punished for having taken part in the Mass during the late Rising.

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon |Cecil Walter Charles Hallett
No, she's going down to the tailor's in the village, and there I suppose she'll meet Malmberg, a townsman of hers.

Pelle the Conqueror, Complete |Martin Anderson Nexo

He came up to me like the gentleman he is, and just as I had been openly cut by townsman after townsman.

The Master of the Ceremonies |George Manville Fenn

townsman

/ (ˈtaʊnzmən) /

an inhabitant of a town

a person from the same town as oneself

townswoman, fem n