# townsman

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #96,586

## Definitions
1. A man who is a resident of a town, especially of one's own town.
2. A resident of a university town, as opposed to a scholar at the university; a townie.
3. Synonym of oppidan (“type of student”).

## Etymology
From Middle English townes-man, from Old English tūnmann, tūnes mann, equivalent to town + -s- + man.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/townsman