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TOWNER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does towner mean?
• TOWNER (noun)
The noun TOWNER has 1 sense:
1. a resident of a town or city
Familiarity information: TOWNER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A resident of a town or city
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
towner; townsman
Hypernyms ("towner" is a kind of...):
occupant; occupier; resident (someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "towner"):
townee (townsman unacquainted with country life especially a slick and flashy male city dweller)
townie; towny (resident of a college town not affiliated with the college)
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