Meaning

1 senses
  1. An inhabitant of a town.

    Stadtbewohner, Stadtbewohnerin, Städter

    горожа́нинgorožánin, горожа́нкаgorožánka

    городя́нинhorodjányn, городя́нкаhorodjánka, містяни́нmistjanýn

Examples

8 sentences
  1. The townspeople like to eat thick steaks.

    deDie Stadtbewohner essen gerne dicke Steaks. — xtofu80

  2. The townspeople weren't ready for the changes that were about to happen.

  3. The townspeople applauded.

    ruГорожане аплодировали. — sharptoothed

  4. The townspeople cheered.

  5. The townspeople looked curiously at me.

Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
inhabitant of a town — see also townsman, townswoman:
Русский
By meaning 1
inhabitant of a town — see also townsman, townswoman:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
inhabitant of a town — see also townsman, townswoman:

Origin

From town + -s- + person.

From town + -s- + person.

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Forms

plural: townspersons / townspeople
Singulartownsperson
Pluraltownspersons / townspeople

regular

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
townsperson — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto