townspeople
English
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtaʊnzˌpipəl/
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Noun
[edit]townspeople
- plural of townsperson
- 1949 November and December, “Notes and News: By Special Train to Llanfair”, in Railway Magazine, page 409:
- Quite a crowd of townspeople turned out to see the train start, and several pressmen were busily engaged in taking notes and photographs.
- 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43:
- The burnt and bleeding man staggered to his feet, dazed and unbelieving, and asked the startled townspeople who came running whether his fireman and guard were safe. He was kept away from the smouldering crater where his engine had been, and taken to hospital.
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[edit]the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city — see townsfolk
References
[edit]- “townspeople”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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