Meanings
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Origin
From town + -s- + -woman, on the model of townsman.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَدِينِيَّة
- مَدِينِيَّة (madīniyya)woman resident of a town
Bulgarian гра́жданка
- гра́жданка (gráždanka)woman resident of a town
Czech měšťanka, měšťačka
- měšťankawoman resident of a town
- měšťačkawoman resident of a town
Finnish kaupunkilainen
- kaupunkilainenwoman resident of a town
French citadine
- citadinewoman resident of a town
German Bürgerin, Stadtbewohnerin
- Bürgerinwoman resident of a town
- Stadtbewohnerinwoman resident of a town
Polish mieszczanka, miastowa
- mieszczankawoman resident of a town
- miastowawoman resident of a town
Russian горожа́нка, городска́я жи́тельница
- горожа́нка (gorožánka)woman resident of a town
- городска́я жи́тельница (gorodskája žítelʹnica)woman resident of a town
- меща́нка (meščánka)woman resident of a town
- городска́я (gorodskája)woman resident of a town
Slovak mešťanka
- mešťankawoman resident of a town
Spanish pueblera, pueblerina
- pueblerawoman resident of a town
- pueblerinawoman resident of a town
Swedish stadsbo, stadsfru
- stadsbowoman resident of a town
- stadsfruwoman resident of a town
- borgarfruwoman resident of a town
Ukrainian городя́нка, міща́нка
- городя́нка (horodjánka)woman resident of a town
- міща́нка (miščánka)woman resident of a town
- містя́нка (mistjánka)woman resident of a town
- міська́ (misʹká)woman resident of a town
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APA
townswoman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/townswoman
MLA
“townswoman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/townswoman. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “townswoman,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/townswoman.
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