townienoun [ C ]
uk/ˈtaʊ.ni/us/ˈtaʊ.ni/informal disapproving a person who lives in a town where there is a college but who is not involved with the college
UK US and Australian English city slicker a person who lives in a town, and has no experience of or knowledge about living in the countryside:
A couple of townies walked into the village pub, looking very out of place in their smart suits.
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People who live or settle somewhere
- asylum seeker
- brain drain
- bum
- city slicker
- cohabitant
- cottager
- exodus
- foreign-returned
- frontiersman
- guest worker
- illegal alien
- lodger
- occupier
- outflow
- overspill
- resident
- roomer
- settler
- squatter
- welcome wagon
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