townsman

Example Sentences

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He was watching television when he spotted his fellow townsman, Mr. Johnson.

From Washington Times • Jan. 31, 2021

A boy and his new friend hatch a plan to save a community of mischievous cavern-dwellers from the villainous townsman who plans to exterminate them.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2019

A townsman with a plane jetted to Memphis to buy the team proper cleats.

From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2018

A cad, according to one definition, may have been an academy student, or townsman originally - Etonian slang for someone who doesn't quite cut it as a gentleman.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2013

If a townsman suspected that the local miller was cheating him, he could take his flour to another mill.

From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz