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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 cityplay

  Familiarity information: TOWNER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TOWNER (noun)


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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