Town

town, n. a place larger than a village, not a city: the inhabitants of a town.— ns. Town′-clerk , a clerk who keeps the records of a town; Town′-coun′cil , the governing body in a town, elected by the ratepayers; Town′-coun′cill or , a member of a town-council; Town′-crī′er , one who cries or makes public proclamations in a town; Town′hall , a public hall for the official busine of a town; Town′house , a house or building for transacting the public busine of a town: a house in town as opposed to one in the country.— adj. Town′ish , characteristic of town as opposed to country.— ns. Town′land , a township; Town′-meet′ing , in New England, a primary meeting of the voters of a town.— n.pl. Towns′folk , the folk or people of a town.— ns. Town′ship , the territory or district of a town: the corporation of a town: a district; Towns′man , an inhabitant or fellow-inhabitant of a town.— n.pl. Towns′people , townsfolk.— ns. Town′-talk , the general talk of a town: the subject of common conversation; Town′y , a townsman. [A.S. tún , an enclosure, town; Ice. tún , an enclosure, Ger. zaun , a hedge.]