townspeople
plural noun
towns·peo·ple
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Definition of townspeople
1
: the inhabitants of a town or city : townsmen
2
: town-dwelling or town-bred persons
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The case garnered international attention in the 1980s when the victim — Ken Rex McElroy, who had terrorized tiny Skidmore, Mo., for decades — was fatally shot in front of nearly 60 townspeople. — Los Angeles Times, "What’s on TV Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019: ‘Shark Week’ on Discovery Channel," 1 Aug. 2019 Traditionally, when a respected man in Isi Enu dies, the townspeople honor him by playing an igede—a percussion instrument made from wood and animal skin. — Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, The New Yorker, "The Descendants of Slaves in Nigeria Fight for Equality," 11 July 2019 Abu Hamam was taken the next day and the remaining townspeople rounded up. — The Economist, "Confessions of an Islamic State fighter," 16 Aug. 2019 Some townspeople felt bad and brought him a bouquet of magnolias in the hospital. — Cian Maher, The Verge, "Welcome to Lower Duck Pond, a fake town of 82,000 people," 1 Aug. 2019 Early episodes — about a town ravaged by what the townspeople believed to be a violent beast, the origins of an early asylum and a particularly creepy doll — prove especially haunting. — Eliana Dockterman, Time, "The Best History Podcasts to Listen to Right Now," 31 July 2019 After the Prince’s parents died, the somewhat sinister prime minister, who is the young Prince’s mentor, dupes him into approving oppressive legislation that makes them wealthy but puts burdensome taxes on the townspeople. — Joanne Engelhardt, The Mercury News, "Theater review: ‘Cinderella’ gets a make-over worth seeing," 25 July 2019 Daenerys’s dragons fly in, scaring the townspeople, but Arya and Sansa both look intrigued. — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, "Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 1: Everything You Need to Know," 15 Apr. 2019 In Boom, townspeople wave as hoards of bikes, cars, shuttles, and pedestrians infiltrate their otherwise quiet municipality, where the population hovers around 18,000 during every month besides July. — Brittany Gaston, Billboard, "15 Years In, Tomorrowland Is a Spectacle of Both Massive Size and Thoughtful Detail," 23 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'townspeople.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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townspeople
noun
English Language Learners Definition of townspeople
: the people who live in a town or city