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TOWN MEETING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does town meeting mean?
• TOWN MEETING (noun)
The noun TOWN MEETING has 2 senses:
1. government of a town by an assembly of the qualified voters
2. a meeting of the inhabitants of a town
Familiarity information: TOWN MEETING used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Government of a town by an assembly of the qualified voters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("town meeting" is a kind of...):
local government (the government of a local area)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A meeting of the inhabitants of a town
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("town meeting" is a kind of...):
group meeting; meeting (a formally arranged gathering)
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