townie

1. (UK, US)A person living in a university area who is not associated with the university.

2. (UK)A person who has moved from a town or city to a rural area. Especially, one who is perceived not to have adopted rural ways.

3. (UK)A person familiar with the town (urbanised centre of a city) and with going out on the town; a street-wise person.

   a person from the same town as yourself

4. (UK, derogatory)A chav.

5. (US)A working-class citizen in a metropolitan area.

6. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, informal)A person who lives in a city or town, or has an urban outlook.

7. A person who lives in a city or town, or has an urban outlook.

   (Australia, Lewis, New Zealand, UK, informal)A person from Stornoway.

1. Tom is a townie.

   deTom ist ein Städter.

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2. Are you a townie?

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3. Tom's a townie.

   deTom ist ein Städter.

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4. I'm a townie.

   deIch bin Städterin.

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