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towned

towned adjective: having towns; containing many towns.

Adjective

towned (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Having towns; containing many towns.
    • the continent is of an huge and vnknowen greatnesse , and very well peopled and towned, though savagely1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC

Origin of towned

From town + -ed.

Questions about towned

What does towned mean?
Towned means having towns; containing many towns.
What part of speech is towned?
Towned is an adjective.

Words near towned in the dictionary

  1. townclerk
  2. townclerks
  3. towndweller
  4. towndwellers
  5. towne
  6. towned
  7. townee
  8. townees
  9. Towneley
  10. Towneleys
  11. Townend

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