townspeople

/ˈtaʊnzˌpipəl/
/ˈtaʊnzpipəl/
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Definitions of townspeople
  1. noun
    the people living in a municipality smaller than a city
    synonyms: town, townsfolk
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    borough
    an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament
    burgh
    a borough in Scotland
    pocket borough
    a sparsely populated borough in which all or most of the land is owned by a single family
    rotten borough
    an English parliamentary constituency with few electors
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    municipality
    people living in a town or city having local self-government
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