town-dweller

A form of town dweller — A person who lives in a town.

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Meanings

nountown-dweller (plural town-dwellers)

plural town-dwellers

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of town dweller.

    The specter of fire has ever haunted the town-dweller.

    2013, Carl Bridenbaugh, Cities in the Wilderness: The First Century of Urban Life in America 1625-1742
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    The burgher or bourgeois is, by definition, a town-dweller.

    2016, Ellen Meiksins Wood, The Origin of Capitalism: A Longer View

    Victory is the life of the soul: the soul is not the town-dweller. But the gates of victory are open to the town-dweller also.

    2021, Acharya Mahapragya, March to Victory, page 16

Origin

From town + dweller.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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