society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [adjective]
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1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 481 The good towns-like craftes man [Sp. el official plebeyo] needes no daughter in lawe that can frill and paint hir selfe.