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单词 townsman
释义 towns·man
\ˈtau̇nzmən\ noun
(plural townsmen)
Etymology: Middle English tounesman, from Old English tūnesman, from tūnes (gen. of tūn town) + man — more at town
1.
 a. : one born, residing, or holding citizenship in a town or city
  < population … of whom one-third were townsmen and two-thirds countrymen — Nineteenth Century & After >
 b. : one marked by town or city ways
  < designed for the … townsman spending a weekend in the country — British Book News >
2. : a native, inhabitant, or citizen of a particular town
 < a townsman … set up his blacksmith shop in front of his house — Allan Forbes & R.M.Eastman >
3. : one born, residing, or holding citizenship in the same town as another : fellow citizen
 < earned the gratitude of his townsmen >
 < stopped to ask my fellow townsman — Dana Burnet >
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