Etymology

townman

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Today it means: A town-dweller; townsman Full definition →

Middle English townman ← Old English tūnman
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromtūnman
  2. Middle English · inherited fromtownman
  3. English todaytownman

From Middle English townman, towneman, tunmann, from Old English tūnman, tūnmann (“a town-dweller”), equivalent to town + man.

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