townpeople
English
Etymology
town + people
Noun
townpeople pl (plural only)
- The inhabitants of a town or city, especially in distinction from country people.
Synonyms
- townfolk, townsfolk
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for townpeople in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)