hometowner

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noun

One who lives in their hometown.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounhometowner (plural hometowners)

plural hometowners

  1. One who lives in their hometown.

    The show goes on. And holiday visitors, just like the hometowners rushing to holiday parties or home from work, become part of the spectacle.

    2023 September 12, Jordyn Holman, “The Holiday Boom in New York Is Back. Sort Of.”, in The New York Times
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    The temptation of the hometowner is therefore the classic temptation of insularity, which equates (or confuses) interest with self-absorption.

    1999, Kieran Bonner, A Great Place to Raise Kids
  2. A person who comes from one's own hometown.
  3. That which pertains to a hometown or one's hometown.

    “Yeah, let's do a hometowner, Gary, it'll be one for both of us.” “Hometowner? What the hell is that?” “For the radio stations in Springfield, it'll give you a chance to say hi to your mom and dad, and that fine little sister of yours.”

    2015, Mike Shepherd, Collage

Origin

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APA

hometowner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hometowner

MLA

“hometowner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hometowner. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hometowner,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hometowner.

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