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townling

townling noun: an inhabitant of a town.

Noun (1)

townling (plural townlings)

  1. An inhabitant of a town.
    • There ſhe Prudes it ſo demurely, / And ſo well diſplays her Charms, / That ſome Townling, moſt ſecurely , / She allures into her Arms.1738, Henry Carey, Margery; or, A Worſe Plague Than the Dragon, Act I, scene III: Moore-Hall, page 12

Noun (2)

townling (plural townlings)

  1. (archaic) A small or insignificant town; a townlet
    • Some perturbed spirits in that little townling are in distress at the agitation awakened and widely spreading on the Woman question. The editor of the Village News comforts them by the assurance that Mount Vernon is no more prepared for the radical measure of female suffrage than other towns.1868 October 29, “Mount Vernon Again”, in The Revolution, volume II, number 17, page 257
    • We are annoyed perpetually with lengthened discussions as to the geography of a trumpery townling, or the arrangements of some trivial and indecisive siege.1886, D'Arcy W. Thompson, “On History and Progress”, in The Afternoon Lectures on Literature and Art, Hodges & Smith, page 14

Examples of townling in a sentence

  • Aubin; a mere townling; nothing to be called excitement stirring its quiet streets; the daily routine of existence repeating itself with clock-like monotony throughout the year.1889, Miss Betham-Edwards, “A Romance of the Cloister”, in Charles W. Wood, editor, The Argosy, volume XLVIII, Richard Bentley & Son, page...
  • Let us on this journey take any town from the cathedral city and chef-lieu, or departmental capital, to the townling of a few thousand souls,[…]1892, Betham-Edwards, France of Today: A Survey Comparative and Retrospective, Tauchnitz publishers, page 28:

Forms of townling

pluraltownlings

Origin of townling

From town + -ling.

Questions about townling

What does townling mean?
Townling means an inhabitant of a town.
How do you use townling in a sentence?
Aubin; a mere townling; nothing to be called excitement stirring its quiet streets; the daily routine of existence repeating itself with clock-like monotony throughout the year.
What part of speech is townling?
Townling is a noun.
What is the plural of townling?
The plural of townling is townlings.

Words near townling in the dictionary

  1. townlet
  2. townlets
  3. Townley
  4. Townleys
  5. townlike
  6. townling
  7. townlings
  8. townly
  9. townman
  10. townmate
  11. townmates

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