townspeople
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈtaʊnspiːpəl/
:
habitante
- The townspeople gathered at the square to discuss the new park proposal.
- Most of the townspeople
- townspeople gathered
- townspeople and villagers
They stole a bunch of supplies like water and food from the townspeople.
- They stole a bunch of supplies like water and food from the townspeople.
- Eventually somebody in the town prayed to him because when he was alive, he would help out the townspeople with money and whatever.
- The frightened teachers divided the children into seven groups and sent them out in different directions, hoping that townspeople and villagers might take them in.
- So he told one of his friends to tell them where he was and to give the money, the reward money to the townspeople.
- And so because the townspeople know this podcast exists and they're hearing stuff, they're raising their hand and offering the information that they have.
- And then, you know, but the, you know, the nice bourgeois townspeople, they they have no idea just how, how bad things actually are.
- Nevertheless dealing with these peasants and poor townspeople and just, you know, from his point of view, riffraff who were strong in North Africa.
- The generosity of of Emerson and his mother and his sister and all the townspeople who just thought he was a kook but helped him out like they fed that vision.
Examples
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Even if they are farmers, they are townspeople borrowing the land; they have no right to it.
Fiction book (1999) -
And we need the local townspeople to help to dig trenches for the water pipes and to help construct the actual physical facility.
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Having found out from Mary that he was in trouble, the townspeople have raised the necessary money.
Fiction book (1995) -
All the townspeople will be invited for the reception.
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The streets lay empty; nearly all the townspeople were still at the arena.
Fiction book (1995) -
But as they begin to leave, the blind man calls out to the townspeople that he is being robbed.
Academic text (2006) -
The townspeople were scared.
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The young priest gathered the townspeople in the town square and made several shocking revelations.
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Every hotel and motel was filled, and the townspeople made money renting out their spare rooms to skiers.
Fiction book (1993) -
Olson and other townspeople see the girls struggling and team up to stack all the grain, allowing Charles to keep his oxen.
Synonyms
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2.8
A group of people who live near each other and share interests
17
8.6
A person who lives in a town or city rather than in the countryside
14
3.2
People who live in a small community with shops and houses
13
8.9
A person who lives in a town, not a student or visitor
1
9.9
A town or city resident in medieval times with special rights
1
9.8
A person who lives in a town and seems out of place in the country
How Rural
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word townspeople combines town and people, so it literally means the 'people who live in a town'. That's why townspeople refers to the group of people who live in a town, not those in the countryside.