townien.

Brit.

/ˈtaʊni/, U.S.

/ˈtaʊni/

Forms: 1800s towny, 1800s– towney, 1800s– townie, 1900s– toonie (Scottish), 1900s– toony (Irish English (northern)), 1900s– tounie (Scottish).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: town n., -y suffix⁶.

Etymology: < town n. + -y suffix⁶.

1. A person from one's own town; an inhabitant of the same town.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [noun] > fellow townsman

concitizen1428

co-citizen1488

comburgess1517

fellow citizen1550

townsman1562

conscive1578

town's bairn?1591

comburgher1605

townsfolk1614

townschild1621

city mana1661

townsboy1699

town folk1805

townie1824

townsfellow1830

homeboy1861

homie1929

homes1971

1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 312/2 Tell me seriously now, han't you heard all about my poor towny, Jackey Crockfort?

1834 Knickerbocker 4 279 Five or six fellows, whom I knew were friends and ‘townies’ of his.

1869 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 347 Then you and me's ‘towneys’ it seems.

1918 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 10/2 We're townies, ain't we?

2005 D. Diss Dizzy xx. 201 Geoff Race, as a townie of mine, travelled up and down the line with me.

2. Originally Australian. An inhabitant of a town or other urban area, esp. as opposed to the countryside; a town dweller. In early use also: a recent immigrant to Australia; spec. a Londoner. Cf. townee n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [noun]

borough-manc1000

city mana1400

townsman1433

town manc1475

town dweller1484

oppidan?1548

burgher?1555

townsfolk1562

townsfolk1592

townswoman1612

town liver1620

town folk1679

citess1685

citizeness1754

citizette1798

townie1825

urban1835

townskip1837

townsperson1840

urbanite1892

burgheress1901

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [noun] > as opposed to country

citizen?1518

cockney1564

cit1633

townling1738

townie1825

town mouse1835

townsperson1840

townee1899

1825 Austral. (Sydney) 29 Sept. 3 A pulley hauley match between two ladies of the fancy; the one a towny, the other of currency worth.

1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxix. 245 The English convicts divide themselves into the two great classes of townies and yokels.

1873 A. B. Dawbin Memories of Past 105 Our horses were undergoing an inspection from the ‘townies’, who considered us very courageous people to have trusted ourselves on such skeletons.

1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 19 Dec. 20/1 The sweet test of a bushie! He looks round for a rail to lean his elbows on, while the townie negligently leans up against a post.

1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren iv. 62 The ‘towney’ touches the leaf gingerly.

1972 P. Lively Driftway vi. 85 He was a real townie, didn't care for walking at all.

2011 Daily Tel. 20 July 23/4 Townies should realise that the countryside is a working environment too.

3. An inhabitant of a university town as distinguished from a member of the university itself. Chiefly U.S. in early use. Cf. townee n. 1, town n. 9.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [noun] > as opposed to university

townsman1570

oppidana1696

snobc1796

snobbitec1796

townie1843

mucker1874

townee1888

1843 G. Soane Last Ball I. 137 Drubbing the townies, bullying the proctor, and cocking his cap at the vice-chancellor himself.

1852 Deseret News (Great Salt Lake City, Utah Territory) 7 Aug. 1/1 ‘O, nothing,’ replied the ‘towney’.

1853 Yale Literary Mag. 19 2 The genus by the German students denominated ‘Philistines’, by the Cantabs ignominiously called ‘Snobs’, and which custom here has named ‘Townies’.

1920 Granite Monthly May 208/1 He collected a posse of two professors, five students, and ten ‘townies’.

1977 Time 27 June 43/1 The ‘townies’ in Cambridge had objected to the original site near the Harvard campus.

2004 C. Donald Rude Kids (2005) ii. 30 If townies like us wanted to get into either the University or the Polytechnic to see a band we had to..beg passing students to sign us in.

4. North American. A town dweller as distinguished from a person travelling with a circus or carnival. Cf. carny n.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [noun] > as opposed to circus or carnival

townie1937

1937 Literary Digest 3 Apr. 21/3 Child labor laws..have forced children [of circus people] into schools for a certain number of months a year. This contact with ‘rubes’ and ‘townies’ has given rise to new interests.

1951 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 8 Apr. 7/5 A fight [of carnival workers] with the townies.

1971 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 19 Dec. 6/4 Everything had been set up for the show and tickets were being sold when several ‘townies’ attempted to crash the gate.

2008 H. Leon Amer. Dream ii. 51 The closed carnival feels like something out of Mad Max; the townies have left, and it's carnies only!

5. British slang (depreciative). A (young) person of a type particularly associated with city or town centres, typically characterized by brash or aggressively loud behaviour, a tendency to gather or move around in large groups, and unthinking conformity to what is currently fashionable.In quot. 1994 with reference to a demographic survey by an advertising agency.

ΚΠ

1994 Evening Standard 23 June 20/2 The Working-Class Diehards..rule places like Basildon, Tilbury and Morden, while the Disgruntled Townies (‘bulldog estates’ or ‘multi-ethnic terraces’) are common in areas like Gillingham and Chatham.]

1995 Independent (Nexis) 31 July (Going Out section) 20 Home of numerous streetwalkers, crusties and on Saturday night, ‘townies’—the white socks and stilettos brigade who escape from the depths of Nottinghamshire.

1995 J. Cocker in New Musical Express 1/5 Misfits..are quite isolated, hanging around libraries. Their natural enemies are townies who hang around in packs and wear short-sleeved white shirts.

1998 Edinb. Student 12 Nov. 6/2 Townies—not unlike the Essex ‘Gazboy’ and ‘Sharon’.

2008 J. King Skinheads 62 Kev the Kev says he's a townie, a chav, with his Ben Sherman and Harrington jacket, the one with the Fred Perry logo.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	townie
释义	townien. Brit. /ˈtaʊni/, U.S. /ˈtaʊni/ Forms: 1800s towny, 1800s– towney, 1800s– townie, 1900s– toonie (Scottish), 1900s– toony (Irish English (northern)), 1900s– tounie (Scottish). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: town n., -y suffix⁶. Etymology: < town n. + -y suffix⁶. 1. A person from one's own town; an inhabitant of the same town. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [noun] > fellow townsman concitizen1428 co-citizen1488 comburgess1517 fellow citizen1550 townsman1562 conscive1578 town's bairn?1591 comburgher1605 townsfolk1614 townschild1621 city mana1661 townsboy1699 town folk1805 townie1824 townsfellow1830 homeboy1861 homie1929 homes1971 1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 312/2 Tell me seriously now, han't you heard all about my poor towny, Jackey Crockfort? 1834 Knickerbocker 4 279 Five or six fellows, whom I knew were friends and ‘townies’ of his. 1869 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 347 Then you and me's ‘towneys’ it seems. 1918 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 10/2 We're townies, ain't we? 2005 D. Diss Dizzy xx. 201 Geoff Race, as a townie of mine, travelled up and down the line with me. 2. Originally Australian. An inhabitant of a town or other urban area, esp. as opposed to the countryside; a town dweller. In early use also: a recent immigrant to Australia; spec. a Londoner. Cf. townee n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [noun] borough-manc1000 city mana1400 townsman1433 town manc1475 town dweller1484 oppidan?1548 burgher?1555 townsfolk1562 townsfolk1592 townswoman1612 town liver1620 town folk1679 citess1685 citizeness1754 citizette1798 townie1825 urban1835 townskip1837 townsperson1840 urbanite1892 burgheress1901 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [noun] > as opposed to country citizen?1518 cockney1564 cit1633 townling1738 townie1825 town mouse1835 townsperson1840 townee1899 1825 Austral. (Sydney) 29 Sept. 3 A pulley hauley match between two ladies of the fancy; the one a towny, the other of currency worth. 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxix. 245 The English convicts divide themselves into the two great classes of townies and yokels. 1873 A. B. Dawbin Memories of Past 105 Our horses were undergoing an inspection from the ‘townies’, who considered us very courageous people to have trusted ourselves on such skeletons. 1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 19 Dec. 20/1 The sweet test of a bushie! He looks round for a rail to lean his elbows on, while the townie negligently leans up against a post. 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren iv. 62 The ‘towney’ touches the leaf gingerly. 1972 P. Lively Driftway vi. 85 He was a real townie, didn't care for walking at all. 2011 Daily Tel. 20 July 23/4 Townies should realise that the countryside is a working environment too. 3. An inhabitant of a university town as distinguished from a member of the university itself. Chiefly U.S. in early use. Cf. townee n. 1, town n. 9. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [noun] > as opposed to university townsman1570 oppidana1696 snobc1796 snobbitec1796 townie1843 mucker1874 townee1888 1843 G. Soane Last Ball I. 137 Drubbing the townies, bullying the proctor, and cocking his cap at the vice-chancellor himself. 1852 Deseret News (Great Salt Lake City, Utah Territory) 7 Aug. 1/1 ‘O, nothing,’ replied the ‘towney’. 1853 Yale Literary Mag. 19 2 The genus by the German students denominated ‘Philistines’, by the Cantabs ignominiously called ‘Snobs’, and which custom here has named ‘Townies’. 1920 Granite Monthly May 208/1 He collected a posse of two professors, five students, and ten ‘townies’. 1977 Time 27 June 43/1 The ‘townies’ in Cambridge had objected to the original site near the Harvard campus. 2004 C. Donald Rude Kids (2005) ii. 30 If townies like us wanted to get into either the University or the Polytechnic to see a band we had to..beg passing students to sign us in. 4. North American. A town dweller as distinguished from a person travelling with a circus or carnival. Cf. carny n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [noun] > as opposed to circus or carnival townie1937 1937 Literary Digest 3 Apr. 21/3 Child labor laws..have forced children [of circus people] into schools for a certain number of months a year. This contact with ‘rubes’ and ‘townies’ has given rise to new interests. 1951 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 8 Apr. 7/5 A fight [of carnival workers] with the townies. 1971 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 19 Dec. 6/4 Everything had been set up for the show and tickets were being sold when several ‘townies’ attempted to crash the gate. 2008 H. Leon Amer. Dream ii. 51 The closed carnival feels like something out of Mad Max; the townies have left, and it's carnies only! 5. British slang (depreciative). A (young) person of a type particularly associated with city or town centres, typically characterized by brash or aggressively loud behaviour, a tendency to gather or move around in large groups, and unthinking conformity to what is currently fashionable.In quot. 1994 with reference to a demographic survey by an advertising agency. ΚΠ 1994 Evening Standard 23 June 20/2 The Working-Class Diehards..rule places like Basildon, Tilbury and Morden, while the Disgruntled Townies (‘bulldog estates’ or ‘multi-ethnic terraces’) are common in areas like Gillingham and Chatham.] 1995 Independent (Nexis) 31 July (Going Out section) 20 Home of numerous streetwalkers, crusties and on Saturday night, ‘townies’—the white socks and stilettos brigade who escape from the depths of Nottinghamshire. 1995 J. Cocker in New Musical Express 1/5 Misfits..are quite isolated, hanging around libraries. Their natural enemies are townies who hang around in packs and wear short-sleeved white shirts. 1998 Edinb. Student 12 Nov. 6/2 Townies—not unlike the Essex ‘Gazboy’ and ‘Sharon’. 2008 J. King Skinheads 62 Kev the Kev says he's a townie, a chav, with his Ben Sherman and Harrington jacket, the one with the Fred Perry logo. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1824
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