townlingn.

Brit.

/ˈtaʊnlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈtaʊnlɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: town n., -ling suffix¹.

Etymology: < town n. + -ling suffix¹. Compare earlier town man n. 2, town dweller n., etc. With sense 2 compare earlier townlet n.

1. An inhabitant of a town, esp. as opposed to the countryside; a town dweller.

ΘΚΠ

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

1738 H. Carey Margery i. iii. 12 Some Townling, most securely, She allures into her Arms.

1856 H. M'Donald Rambles round Glasgow (ed. 2) iii. 44 Grudge not.., we say to our country friends, the little townling his harvest of hips and haws.

1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta I. 128 Turns and terms of the herdsmen poets of the desert, which are dark or unknown in any form to the townling Syrians.

1903 Hackney Express & Shoreditch Observer 22 Aug. 3/1 We poor townlings have always thought that the colour of butter was due to buttercups.

2005 D. C. Vest Homes for Heart 113 Townlings shunned his soot-dusting, loose-weaved gunnysacks.

2. A small town.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > small town

townleta1552

townikina1813

townette1839

boroughlet1864

townling1866

towneen1893

1866 D. W. Thompson in Afternoon Lect. Lit. & Art 3rd Ser. i. 14 We are annoyed..with lengthened discussions as to the geography of a trumpery townling.

1887 M. B. Betham-Edwards in Temple Bar Apr. 557 So dead-alive this townling of two or three thousand souls.

1892 E. Reeves Homeward Bound vi. 165 The rugged, bare mountains that look down on the Gulf of Salerno, and whereon nestle the townlings of Salerno and Amalfi.

1905 World's Work June 6275/2 Unlike the Western townling, Mayflower indulges no metropolitan pretensions.

2007 P. Gappah in I. Staunton Laughing Now 51 Mupandawana is not even a townlet, a townling, or half a fraction of a town.

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

单词	townling
释义	townlingn. Brit. /ˈtaʊnlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtaʊnlɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: town n., -ling suffix¹. Etymology: < town n. + -ling suffix¹. Compare earlier town man n. 2, town dweller n., etc. With sense 2 compare earlier townlet n. 1. An inhabitant of a town, esp. as opposed to the countryside; a town dweller. ΘΚΠ 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 1738 H. Carey Margery i. iii. 12 Some Townling, most securely, She allures into her Arms. 1856 H. M'Donald Rambles round Glasgow (ed. 2) iii. 44 Grudge not.., we say to our country friends, the little townling his harvest of hips and haws. 1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta I. 128 Turns and terms of the herdsmen poets of the desert, which are dark or unknown in any form to the townling Syrians. 1903 Hackney Express & Shoreditch Observer 22 Aug. 3/1 We poor townlings have always thought that the colour of butter was due to buttercups. 2005 D. C. Vest Homes for Heart 113 Townlings shunned his soot-dusting, loose-weaved gunnysacks. 2. A small town. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > small town townleta1552 townikina1813 townette1839 boroughlet1864 townling1866 towneen1893 1866 D. W. Thompson in Afternoon Lect. Lit. & Art 3rd Ser. i. 14 We are annoyed..with lengthened discussions as to the geography of a trumpery townling. 1887 M. B. Betham-Edwards in Temple Bar Apr. 557 So dead-alive this townling of two or three thousand souls. 1892 E. Reeves Homeward Bound vi. 165 The rugged, bare mountains that look down on the Gulf of Salerno, and whereon nestle the townlings of Salerno and Amalfi. 1905 World's Work June 6275/2 Unlike the Western townling, Mayflower indulges no metropolitan pretensions. 2007 P. Gappah in I. Staunton Laughing Now 51 Mupandawana is not even a townlet, a townling, or half a fraction of a town. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1738
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