town dweller

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town dweller (plural town dwellers)

  1. A person who lives in a town.
    Hypernyms: see Thesaurus:inhabitant
    • 2000, Jacob Neusner, The Comparative Hermeneutics of Rabbinic Judaism, Volume Two: Seder Mo'ed[1], page 389:
      M. 2:3 "...On condition that I am a priest," and he turns out to be a Levite, "...on condition that I am a Levite," and he turns out to be a priest, "...a Netin," and he turns out to be a mamzer, "...a mamzer," and he turns out to be a Netin, "...a town dweller," and he turns out to be a villager, "...a villager," and he turns out to be a town dweller, "...on condition that my home is near the bath," and it turns out to be far away, "...far," and it turns out to be near: "...On condition that I have a daughter or a slave girl who is a hairdresser"' and he has none, "...on condition that I have none," and he has one; "...on condition that I have no children," and he has; "...on condition that he has," and he has none — in the case of all of them, even though she says, "In my heart I wanted to become betrothed to him despite that fact," she is not betrothed. And so is the rule if she deceived him.
    • 2007, Mohammad Ben Ismaïl Al' Bukhari, Al' Bukhari's Sahih: The Correct Traditions of Al' Bukhari, Volume II[2], page 56:
      A town dweller should not sell the goods on behalf of the desert dweller.
    • 2019, Elena G. Popkova, Growth Poles of the Global Economy: Emergence, Changes and Future Perspectives[3], page 652:
      The illusory nature of urban area reduces the stability of the consciousness of a town dweller, promotes his estrangement from the real environment of existence.