townswoman

[ tounz-woom-uhn ]
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noun,plural towns·wom·en.
  1. a female native or inhabitant of a town.

  2. a female native or inhabitant of one's own or the same town.

Origin of townswoman

1
First recorded in 1675–85; town + 's1 + woman

usage note For townswoman

See -woman.

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How to use townswoman in a sentence

  • Most of our neighbours go to bed shortly after the sun, but to townswomen as we are it seemed impossible to sleep before eleven.

    Six Women and the Invasion | Gabrielle Yerta
  • Jean-Jacques had made botany the fashion among townswomen, so all three knew the name and symbolism of every flower.

    The Gods are Athirst | Anatole France
  • Her townswomen unto this hour are profiting by her sumptuous love-token.

    Northern Spain | Edgar T. A. Wigram
  • Half-a-dozen workmen ran to arrest it; some townswomen fainted.

  • Your own beauty, my fair townswomen, would have beamed upon you, out of my scene.

    Main Street | Nathaniel Hawthorne