A person who lives in a town or a city, as opposed to one who lives in a rural area. Now rare.
| 单词 | θ158350 |
| 释义 | society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [noun] > as opposed to country (8) citizen?1518 A person who lives in a town or a city, as opposed to one who lives in a rural area. Now rare. cockney1564 Chiefly depreciative. A person from a town or city, as contrasted with inhabitants of rural areas, and typically characterized as delicate, pampered… cit1633 colloquial. A citizen (in various senses). Usually used more or less contemptuously, for example to denote a person from the town as opposed to the… townling1738 An inhabitant of a town, esp. as opposed to the countryside; a town dweller. townie1825 Originally Australian. An inhabitant of a town or other urban area, esp. as opposed to the countryside; a town dweller. In early use also: a… town mouse1835 (with allusion to one of Aesop's fables) a town dweller, esp. one who is unfamiliar with country life (cf. country mouse n. at country, n. adj.com… townsperson1840 A person who lives or was born in a (particular) town or other urban area, esp. as opposed to the countryside; a town dweller. Cf. townspeople, n. 1. townee1899 An inhabitant of a town or other urban area, esp. as opposed to the countryside; a town dweller. Cf. townie, n. 2. |
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