townswoman

noun

Definition of townswomannext
as in townsman

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Recent Examples of townswoman As the backstory evolved, Calico townswoman Sarah Marshall transformed into the Green Witch on the gallows, turned her accusing neighbors into monsters with a wicked curse and vanished in a puff of smoke with a cackling laugh. — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025 One townswoman Wise befriended at work met her in a bathroom with a change of clothes and the ID badge of another woman who was out sick. — Desiree Stennett, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Oct. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for townswoman
  1. townsman
  2. villager
  3. burgher
  4. town
  5. citizen
  6. townsfolk
Noun
  • These were probably composed by Sebastian Lotzer, a townsman and furrier, on the basis of hundreds of complaints that different groups of peasants had been formulating for weeks beforehand.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
  • One cut scene, Good recalls, featured a townsman sacrificing himself with a homemade net bomb.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 21 Aug. 2025
Definition of townsman
Noun
  • Dozens of Nepali villagers who were stranded by the deadly floods lined up for days to return home via a makeshift zip line on Friday.
    — Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
  • In a moment, Vicente, who is in his early 60s, will join dozens of other villagers by the side of the main road who have gathered to watch stage nine of the Vuelta a España pass through.
    — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of villager
Noun
  • Like the yeoman boys are out in the barn, half-naked, working out, buffing up and wearing animal heads and preparing for some kind of an inchoate battle with the burghers.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025
  • These works, painted by artists such as Rembrandt van Rijn, Ferdinand Bol, and Bartholomeus van der Helst, depict the powerful merchant-burghers who shaped the political and social fabric of Golden Age Amsterdam.
    — Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Definition of burgher
Noun
  • Her body was found Monday morning in the waters near Hagley Landing, a boat ramp leading to the Waccamaw River in the small town of Pawleys Island, South Carolina, following an extensive search involving hundreds of people and multiple agencies.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026
  • In her latest book, Stay Buried, siblings new to a remote Vermont town discover that the locals live in fear of a vengeful spirit.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of town
Noun
  • Zelensky said a care home for elderly citizens and people living with disabilities was among the dozens of building damaged in the latest attack, and that more than 300 emergency services personnel were responding at the scene.
    — Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Experts have cautioned that Iran’s repressive regime is unlikely to be swayed by the suffering of ordinary citizens and is prepared to wait out economic hardship longer than Americans can endure high gas prices.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of citizen
Noun
  • There’s no excuse, though, for wheeling in some talkative NPC just to explain why the townsfolk are acting skittish.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Maeve’s a fish out of water and sneers at all the townsfolk, except for one pretty boy (Costa D’Angelo).
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of townsfolk

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“Townswoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/townswoman. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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