townspeople
Use Townspeople in a sentence
pəl
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
|
Link To townspeople
Collins
World English Dictionary
townspeople or townsfolk (ˈtaʊnzˌpiːpəl, ˈtaʊnzˌfəʊk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| the inhabitants of a town; citizens | |
| townsfolk or townsfolk | |
| —n | |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
00:10
Townspeople
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Example sentences
But no one from the unit had bothered to ask the townspeople why.
Although these events have a positive effect on the family, the local townspeople are threatened by the changes they see.
Roads and trails in that part of the property are available for use by townspeople.
The townspeople are skeptical at first but soon bring small offerings: a head of cabbage, a bunch of carrots, a bit of beef.
Nearby Words
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
