townsman C2 Topic:People & Society US /ˈtaʊnzmən/ See IPA manual Freq #86273 Meanings 1 noun a person from the same town as yourself A fellow townsman. Thesaurus Synonyms citizenburgessburgher Word family Forms townsmen Related forms townswoman Etymology From Middle English townes-man, from Old English tūnmann, tūnes mann, equivalent to town + -s- + man. townes-man Middle English tūnmann Old English View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # townsman **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈtaʊnzmən/ **Frequency rank:** 86273 ## Meanings 1. a person from the same town as yourself ## Examples - A fellow townsman. ## Synonyms - citizen - burgess - burgher ## Related Forms - townswoman ## Roots and Affixes - Root: townes-man - Root: tūnmann ## Etymology From Middle English townes-man, from Old English tūnmann, tūnes mann, equivalent to town + -s- + man. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown