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Definition of: townsman
(tounz′mən) noun plural ·men (-mən)
1. A resident of a town; also, a fellow citizen.
2. In New England, a town officer; a selectman.
3. In a school or college town, one who lives in the town as contrasted with a student or teacher in the school or college.
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