Results for town
Definitions of town:
part of speech: noun
A place larger than a village, not a city: the inhabitants of a town.
part of speech: noun
Properly; an enclosed place, then a farm, dwelling, village, or collection of house walled in; any collection of houses larger than a village; any principal collection of houses of a county; the metropolis.
part of speech: noun
Any collection of houses, making a distinct place with a name, larger than a village but not organized as a city; the citizens or voters of such a place; a closely populated place as contrasted with the country; a unit of local government.
Usage examples for town:
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You may wonder how I live and mean to live in town
"Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Complete", Matthew L. Davis -
There is nothing more to be done and I return to town to- night.
"Max Carrados", Ernest Bramah -
What a long time you have been in town
"The Time of Roses", L. T. Meade -
Ginambo came to fight against us, that is why we are here in the town of Gonigonan."
"Traditions of the Tinguian: A Study in Philippine Folk-Lore", Fay-Cooper Cole