townsman

Noun

townsman (plural townsmen)

1. A man who is a resident of a town, especially of one's own town.
   • Two independent witnesses would testify that he carried no parcel. They were townsmen of St. Abbots who had travelled down in the same carriage with him.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
   • Largely by reason of the persistence of John Crevallier Cobbold, a leading townsman and a member of a respected Suffolk family, the scheme was brought to fruition and by an Act dated July 19, 1844, the Eastern Union Railway came into existence.1946 September and October, “Centenary of the Ipswich-Colchester Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 307

   Synonyms:

   city dweller

2. A resident of a university town, as opposed to a scholar at the university; a townie.
3. Synonym of oppidan (“type of student”).

   Synonyms:

   oppidan