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adjective
1.
of or pertaining to qualities or features typical of or befitting a town or city.
2.
(of a person) characterized by the attitudes, opinions, manners, etc., of town or city living.
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| town (taʊn) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. a densely populated urban area, typically smaller than a city and larger than a village, having some local powers of government and a fixed boundary |
| b. (as modifier): town life Related: urban | |
| 2. | a city, borough, or other urban area |
| 3. | (in the US) a territorial unit of local government that is smaller than a county; township |
| 4. | the nearest town or commercial district |
| 5. | London or the chief city of an area |
| 6. | the inhabitants of a town |
| 7. | Compare gown the permanent residents of a university town as opposed to the university staff and students |
| 8. | go to town |
| a. to make a supreme or unrestricted effort; go all out | |
| b. informal (Austral), (NZ) to lose one's temper | |
| 9. | on the town seeking out entertainments and amusements |
| Related: urban | |
| [Old English tūn village; related to Old Saxon, Old Norse tūn, Old High German zūn fence, Old Irish dūn] | |
| 'townish | |
| —adj | |
| 'townless | |
| —adj | |
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