Meaning

1 senses
  1. (plural, plural only)The people who live in a town, especially the lower and middle classes.

    Städter, Stadtbewohner, Bürger

    горожа́неgorožáne

More definitions
  • the people living in a municipality smaller than a city

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The townsfolk were frightened by the earthquake.

    ruГорожане были напуганы землетрясением.

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  2. It's surely a view the townsfolk are attached to.

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  3. "Have you seen my pencil?" asked the alien to the flabbergasted townsfolk.

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  4. The townsfolk were convinced that the string of murders was tied to a satanic cult.

    ruГорожане были убеждены, что серия убийств связана с сектой сатанистов.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city:

Origin

From town + -s- + folk.

From town + -s- + folk.

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Forms

plural: townsfolks
Singulartownsfolk
Pluraltownsfolks

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Derivedtownsfolks

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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