townee

chiefly British

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Recent Examples of townee As they're greeted by a sleeker and sexier group of performing townees, Melissa and Josh are confused, to say the least. Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for townee
Noun
  • Seattle's best burgers (Image credit: Getty / Kevin Schafer) As of 2024, Dick's has been serving burgers to the burghers of Seattle for 70 years.
    Neil Davey, theweek, 16 Sep. 2024
  • By Timothy O'Grady July 8, 2024 Belfast: city of riveters, inventors, linen mill girls, boxers, pamphleteers, revolutionaries, Lambeg drummers, Irish bagpipers, mission hall preachers, and mustachioed burghers with pocket watches.
    Timothy O'Grady, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2024
Noun
  • The townsmen feared his razor-sharp teeth, lightning speed, and quick temper.
    Maeve Dunigan, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Whereas most of the townsmen had a stronger right upper arm bone than the left—suggesting difficult physical labor—some men buried on the hospital grounds had symmetrical arm bones, and their skeletal remains suggested a relatively long and healthy life.
    Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2023
Noun
  • Local villagers responded by stringing nets across the water to prevent further drownings.
    Robert Pearl, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete will be released on December 3, 2024, and will feature every item, event, and villager that was in the online version of the game — with the exception of the Sanrio collaboration items, which are sadly absent.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The story, historically told from the white pilgrim's perspective, is that colonists shared a meal with the indigenous Wampanoag people to give thanks for a successful fall harvest.
    Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Instead, the Mars that Bradbury's colonists discover is a dreamlike planet with blue skies and water, a breathable if thin atmosphere, and noble but doomed indigenous inhabitants.
    Theunis Bates, theweek, 28 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • Hollywood newcomers like Apple and Amazon started to release more movies in theaters as a way to bring attention to their streaming services.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Keanu Reeves joins the franchise as Shadow the Hedgehog, while other series newcomers include Alyla Browne and Krysten Ritter.
    Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Advertisement Under fire for admitting record numbers of migrants, Trudeau’s government recently slashed the annual total allowed into the country.
    Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The young girl's rescue is another example of migrants making dangerous journeys on boats to reach Europe, CompassCollective's Katja Tempel said.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • After adopting a plan to improve water quality, locals were finally able to enjoy a swim in 2002.
    Natalie Donback, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
  • After a violent campaign in which Buddhists killed a number of priests and destroyed churches, in 1909, locals built the church that Galipeau visited in Cizhong.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The Nisenan, like all of California’s Native peoples, were decimated by the settlers’ campaigns of violence and cultural eradication.
    Michelle Weber, Longreads, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Andrew Jackson, a firebrand advocate for farmers and western settlers, saw adherence to a gold standard as a way to avoid excessive government power.
    Kevin Coldiron, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024

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“Townee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/townee. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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