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town dweller

town dweller noun: a person who lives in a town.

Noun

town dweller (plural town dwellers)

  1. A person who lives in a town.
    • M. 2:3 "...On condition that I am a priest," and he turns out to be a Levite, "...on condition that I am a Levite," and he turns out to be a priest, "...a Netin," and he turns out to be a mamzer, "...a mamzer," and he turns out to be a Netin, "...a town dweller," and he turns out to be a villager...2000, Jacob Neusner, The Comparative Hermeneutics of Rabbinic Judaism, Volume Two: Seder Mo'ed, page 389
    • A town dweller should not sell the goods on behalf of the desert dweller.2007, Mohammad Ben Ismaïl Al' Bukhari, Al' Bukhari's Sahih: The Correct Traditions of Al' Bukhari, Volume II, page 56

Forms of town dweller

pluraltown dwellers
alternative formtown-dweller
alternative formtowndweller

Questions about town dweller

What does town dweller mean?
Town dweller means a person who lives in a town.
What part of speech is town dweller?
Town dweller is a noun.
What is the plural of town dweller?
The plural of town dweller is town dwellers.

Words near town dweller in the dictionary

  1. town crier
  2. town criers
  3. Town Crow
  4. town drunk
  5. town drunks
  6. town dweller
  7. town dwellers
  8. Town End
  9. town gas
  10. Town Green
  11. town hall

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