Hypertext Webster Gateway: "townsman"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Townsman \Towns"man\, n.; pl. {Townsmen} (-men).
1. An inhabitant of a town; one of the same town with
another. --Pope.
2. A selectman, in New England. See {Selectman}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
townsman
n 1: a person from the same town as yourself: "a fellow townsman"
2: a resident of a town or city [syn: {towner}]
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