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Definitions for Towner

[1] a person who lives in a town or city.
[2] a thickly populated area, usually smaller than a city and larger than a village, having fixed boundaries and certain local powers of government.
[3] a densely populated area of considerable size, as a city or borough.
[4] (especially in New England) a municipal corporation with less elaborate organization and powers than a city.
[5] (in most U.S. states except those of New England) a township.
[6] any urban area, as contrasted with its surrounding countryside.
[7] the inhabitants of a town; townspeople; citizenry.
[8] the particular town or city in mind or referred to: living on the outskirts of town; to be out of town.
[9] a nearby or neighboring city; the chief town or city in a district: I am staying at a friend's apartment in town.
[10] the main business or shopping area in a town or city; downtown.
[11] British . a village or hamlet in which a periodic market or fair is held. any village or hamlet.
[12] Scot. a farmstead.
[13] of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or belonging to a town: town laws; town government; town constable.
[14] a densely populated urban area, typically smaller than a city and larger than a village, having some local powers of government and a fixed boundary (as modifier ) town life Related adjective: urban
[15] a city, borough, or other urban area
[16] (in the US) a territorial unit of local government that is smaller than a county; township
[17] the nearest town or commercial district
[18] London or the chief city of an area
[19] the inhabitants of a town
[20] the permanent residents of a university town as opposed to the university staff and students Compare gown (def. 3)
[21] go to town to make a supreme or unrestricted effort; go all out Australian and NZ informal to lose one's temper
[22] on the town seeking out entertainments and amusements

Words related to Towner

provincial, regional, downtown, civil, metropolitan, civic, sectarian, town, limited, neighborhood, district, parish, territorial, vernacular, sectional, narrow, restricted, bounded, confined, geographical

Words nearby Towner

town manager, town meeting, town milk, town planning, town talk, towner, townes, townhall clock, townhome, townie, townish

Origin of Towner

before 900; Middle English toun, tun, Old English tūn walled or fenced place, courtyard, farmstead, village; cognate with Old Norse tūn homefield, German Zaun fence, Old Irish dún fort

Other words from Towner

town·less , adjective
in·ter·town , adjective

Word origin for Towner

Old English tūn village; related to Old Saxon, Old Norse tūn, Old High German zūn fence, Old Irish dūn

Synonyms for Towner

provincial, regional, district, limited, narrow, neighborhood, parish, sectarian, sectional, territorial, town, vernacular, bounded, civic, confined, divisional, geographical, insular, legendary, parochial, small-town