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View synonyms for townie

townie

[ tou-nee ]

noun

, Informal.
, plural town·ies.
  1. a resident of a town, especially a nonstudent resident of a college town.


townie

/ taʊˈniː; ˈtaʊnɪ /

noun

  1. a permanent resident in a town, esp as distinct from country dwellers or students
  2. a young working-class person who dresses in casual sports clothes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of townie1

First recorded in 1820–30; town + -ie
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Example Sentences

And Jed seems to regress into a charmless adolescent, disappearing for long stretches to drink with old townie friends and treating his wife increasingly like an errant receptacle for his seed.

I remember well, for instance, the blind animal terror which ensued when some townie set off the civil defense sirens as a joke.

She believed it was all made easier by being in Canton where Thurman had moved the family in 1978 from the New York suburbs, and where he was more townie than icon.

“This is such a townie music scene where we want to support each other,” Bellerose said.

A true townie, she was happiest on or near the water.

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