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Meanings of towner (towners) in English

Catalan
ciutadà
Spanish
ciudadano

A resident of a town or city.

ciutadà
Synonyms
Examples for "townsman"
Examples for "townsman"
1
Simplicity must go, and the townsman meet his equal in the countryman.
Diana of the Crossways — Volume 1
2
Sheridan, brother of General Philip Sheridan, my old friend and fellow townsman.
An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody)
3
But the grand ovation was reserved for our distinguished townsman, Secretary Sherman.
Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet / ...
4
They did not know of what stern stuff their fellow-townsman was made.
A Short History of Monks and Monasteries
5
Mr. Van Kleeck, a townsman, in a recent letter to Dr. R.W.
Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian ...
Usage of towners in English
1
But you people are small-towners, and I been about in the world.
The Wrong Twin
2
It's just the out of towners wanting to come back to Whanganui.
Radio NZ
3
Dave surveyed the obscure small-towners with a last tolerant smile and withdrew.
The Wrong Twin
4
We won't have to be small-towners unless we want to, he added.
The Wrong Twin
5
Some out-of-towners needed places to stay, and locals agreed to put them up.
Wired
6
You won't be dating out-of-towners-at least not for a few years.
Phantoms
7
Here it's never called the train, except by suburbanites or out-of-towners.
206 Bones
8
Both women were wearing the kind of polyester pantsuits only seen on out-of-towners.
Silent screams
9
Out-of-towners are being put up at the newly refurbished polytechnic hostels.
Reuters
10
And these out-of-towners I just sold a house to, married couple; that's always good.
Ladder of years: a novel
11
It's a place that Aucklanders tell out-of-towners is a must-see attraction in their city.
Radio NZ
12
Businessmen stride along in fluffy earmuffs; out-of-towners wonder where they can get a pair.
The Irish Times
13
There are more out-of-towners on the eastern than the western side of the square.
The book of disquiet
14
Out-of-towners were dispossessed of a bit more cash by state legislators, who passed no-fault quickie-divorce codes.
The outfit: the role of chicago's underworld in the shaping of m...
15
But in Masters week Miller charges $50 to the out-of-towners.
The Guardian
16
Out of towners often come in to browse.
The new yorker
About this term
Frequent collocations
Translations for towners
Catalan
ciutadà
Spanish
ciudadano
Towners through the time