English Explanatory Dictionary

townsman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A man who is a resident of a town, especially of one's own town.
  2. A resident of a university town, as opposed to a scholar at the university; a townie.
  3. Synonym of oppidan (“type of student”).

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-townsman.wav

Word forms

townsman townsmen

Etymology

From Middle English townes-man, from Old English tūnmann, tūnes mann, equivalent to town + -s- + man.

Synonyms

city dweller oppidan

Related words

townswoman

Translations

Albanian: bashkëqytetar Arabic: مَدِينِيّ Belarusian: гараджа́нін Belarusian: мяшча́нін Belarusian: гарадскі́ Belarusian: ме́скі Breton: kêriad Bulgarian: гра́жданин Chinese Mandarin: 市民 Czech: měšťan Czech: měšťák Danish: borger Danish: bymand Dutch: poorter Dutch: burger Dutch: stedeling Dutch: stadsbewoner Finnish: kaupunkilainen French: citadin German: Bürger German: Stadtbewohner Ancient Greek: ἀστός Japanese: 市民 Korean: 시민 Latin: oppidānus Lithuanian: miestietis Macedonian: гра́ѓанин Macedonian: гра́ѓанец Norwegian Bokmål: bymann Church Slavic: гражданинъ Old East Slavic: горожанинъ Polish: mieszczanin Polish: miastowy Portuguese: cidadão Russian: горожа́нин Russian: городско́й жи́тель Russian: меща́нин Russian: городско́й Serbo-Croatian: мѐштанин Serbo-Croatian: мјѐштанин Serbo-Croatian: mèštanin Serbo-Croatian: mjèštanin Slovak: mešťan Slovene: meščan Slovene: krajan Spanish: pueblero Spanish: pueblerino Sranan Tongo: fotoman Swedish: stadsbo Swedish: borgare Swedish: stadsman Ukrainian: городя́нин Ukrainian: міща́нин Ukrainian: містяни́н Ukrainian: міськи́й
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