ˈtau̇nzmən noun
( plural townsmen )
Etymology: Middle English tounesman, from Old English tūnesman, from tūnes (gen. of tūn town) + man — more at town
1.
a. : one born, residing, or holding citizenship in a town or city
population … of whom one-third were townsmen and two-thirds countrymen — Nineteenth Century & After
b. : one marked by town or city ways
designed for the … townsman spending a weekend in the country — British Book News
2. : a native, inhabitant, or citizen of a particular town
a townsman … set up his blacksmith shop in front of his house — Allan Forbes & R.M.Eastman
3. : one born, residing, or holding citizenship in the same town as another : fellow citizen
earned the gratitude of his townsmen
stopped to ask my fellow townsman — Dana Burnet