"townspeople" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: From town + -s- + people. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|town|-s-|people}} town + -s- + people Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} townspeople
  1. plural of townsperson Tags: form-of, plural Form of: townsperson Synonyms: townfolk, villagers Translations (the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city): حَضَر (ḥaḍar) [plural] (Arabic), حَضَر (ḥaḍar) [Hijazi-Arabic, plural] (Arabic), 市民 (shìmín) (Chinese Mandarin), býarfólk [neuter] (Faroese), kaupunkilaiset [plural] (Finnish), citadins [masculine, plural] (French), Städter [masculine, plural] (German), Stadtbewohner [masculine, plural] (German), Bürger [masculine, plural] (German), Leute der Stadt [plural] (German), Leute in der Stadt [plural] (German), Stadtleute [plural] (German), Stadtmenschen [masculine, plural] (German), 市民 (shimin) (alt: しみん) (Japanese), oppidānī [masculine, plural] (Latin), měsćanarje [masculine, plural] (Lower Sorbian), covaljee [masculine, plural] (Manx), mooinjer yn valley [feminine] (Manx), cidadãos [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), горожа́не (gorožáne) [masculine, plural] (Russian)

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      "word": "bumpkins"
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      "word": "hicks"
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          "ref": "1949 November and December, “Notes and News: By Special Train to Llanfair”, in Railway Magazine, page 409",
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          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city",
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city",
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            "plural"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city",
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          "sense": "the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city",
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            "plural"
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      "word": "countryfolk"
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    {
      "word": "bumpkins"
    },
    {
      "word": "hicks"
    }
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          "ref": "1949 November and December, “Notes and News: By Special Train to Llanfair”, in Railway Magazine, page 409",
          "text": "Quite a crowd of townspeople turned out to see the train start, and several pressmen were busily engaged in taking notes and photographs.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43",
          "text": "The burnt and bleeding man staggered to his feet, dazed and unbelieving, and asked the startled townspeople who came running whether his fireman and guard were safe. He was kept away from the smouldering crater where his engine had been, and taken to hospital.",
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      "roman": "ḥaḍar",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "حَضَر"
    },
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      "roman": "ḥaḍar",
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      "word": "حَضَر"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shìmín",
      "sense": "the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city",
      "word": "市民"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "býarfólk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "citadins"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Städter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Stadtbewohner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Bürger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Leute der Stadt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Leute in der Stadt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Stadtleute"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Stadtmenschen"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しみん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shimin",
      "sense": "the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city",
      "word": "市民"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "oppidānī"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "covaljee"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mooinjer yn valley"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "cidadãos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gorožáne",
      "sense": "the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "горожа́не"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "měsćanarje"
    }
  ],
  "word": "townspeople"
}

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