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Definition of townspeople noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

townspeople

noun

NAmE//ˈtaʊnzˌpipl//

(also townsfolk

NAmE//ˈtaʊnsfoʊk//

) [plural]

people who live in towns, not in the countryside; the people who live in a particular town Agritourism is for townspeople who would like a taste of the country. Townspeople are flocking to the new shopping mall.

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