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- noun Plural form of
townsman .
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Examples
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The voice scissored off words: "It concerns those personnel, sir, whom you recall the townsmen took into custody."
A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1974
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It limited the rights of the lord in calling the townsmen before his court and fining them, and enumerated the taxes which he might exact from the townspeople.
An Introduction to the History of Western Europe James Harvey Robinson 1899
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He warns Walsingham against yielding to the wishes of "townsmen" at such a critical juncture, for they would look for the like concession at other times.
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The plan of appointing a body of "townsmen," or selectmen, to sit between meetings of the towns began in February,
England in America, 1580-1652 Lyon Gardiner Tyler 1894
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Just find the kind of townsmen and townswomen who can help.
Robert Schwab: Colontown, A Community of Cancer Survivors Robert Schwab 2011
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In one scene the townsmen assemble in the saloon to chose a delegate to the statehood convention.
Mira Schor: Will Obama Shoot Liberty Valance? Mira Schor 2011
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Just find the kind of townsmen and townswomen who can help.
Robert Schwab: Colontown, A Community of Cancer Survivors Robert Schwab 2011
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In one scene the townsmen assemble in the saloon to chose a delegate to the statehood convention.
Mira Schor: Will Obama Shoot Liberty Valance? Mira Schor 2011
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Just find the kind of townsmen and townswomen who can help.
Robert Schwab: Colontown, A Community of Cancer Survivors Robert Schwab 2011
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Just find the kind of townsmen and townswomen who can help.
Robert Schwab: Colontown, A Community of Cancer Survivors Robert Schwab 2011
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