townspeoplenoun [ plural ]
uk/ˈtaʊnzˌpiː.pəl/us/ˈtaʊnzˌpiː.pəl/also townsfolk,people who live in a particular town, considered as a group:
The townspeople have embraced the summer music festival.
She addressed a meeting of townspeople.
people who live in towns rather than in the countryside
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
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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