[tou-ner] 
| a person who lives in a town or city. |
[toun] | 1. | a thickly populated area, usually smaller than a city and larger than a village, having fixed boundaries and certain local powers of government. |
| 2. | a densely populated area of considerable size, as a city or borough. |
| 3. | (esp. in New England) a municipal corporation with less elaborate organization and powers than a city. |
| 4. | (in most U.S. states except those of New England) a township. |
| 5. | any urban area, as contrasted with its surrounding countryside. |
| 6. | the inhabitants of a town; townspeople; citizenry. |
| 7. | the particular town or city in mind or referred to: living on the outskirts of town; to be out of town. |
| 8. | a nearby or neighboring city; the chief town or city in a district: I am staying at a friend's apartment in town. |
| 9. | the main business or shopping area in a town or city; downtown. |
| 10. | British.
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| 11. | Scot. a farmstead. |
| 12. | of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or belonging to a town: town laws; town government; town constable. |
| 13. | go to town, Informal.
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| 14. | on the town,
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| 15. | paint the town. paint (def. 16). |
