ˈtown-ˌdweller
One who dwells in a town; a townsman.
| 1483 Cely Papers (Camden) 146 Sarten Town dwellers of Callez hath ben at Bruges. 1550 in Strype Eccl. Mem. (1721) II. App. QQ. 142 To take their answers, and the proofs of the said town-dwellers. 1623 Middleton More Dissemb. Besides Wom. iv. i, Th' unhous'd race of fortune-tellers May never fail to cheat town-dwellers. 1891 C. T. C. James Rom. Rigmarole 2 No jaded town-dweller..would grudge the few shillings. 1912 Times 19 Oct. 7/3 The ignorance of town-dwellers about the elementary facts of rural economy is astounding. |
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| 1899 Westm. Gaz. 27 Feb. 2/3 The town-dwelling Westminsterians have beaten the rural Carthusians twice running at football. |