townsmen

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

   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