townsman
Male urban dweller
A townsman is a male resident of a town, particularly someone who lives in the same town as the person speaking or being discussed.
The term often carries connotations of familiarity and shared community membership: He recognized his old townsman at the market.
It can also distinguish urban dwellers from those in the countryside.
The word has an old-fashioned quality and appears more frequently in historical or literary contexts than in everyday speech.
One who resides somewhere
- dwellerOne who resides somewhere
- villagerRural community inhabitant
- settlerOne who colonizes territory
- nativeOriginating from a place
occupant · householder · denizen · burgher · homesteader · freeholder · leaseholder · renter
Person living nearby
- fellowMan or companion
- acquaintancePerson slightly known
- kinsmanMale family member
- compatriotFellow national
peer · colleague · parishioner · guildsman · tradesman · shopkeeper · merchant · craftsman
Person inhabiting a metropolis
- urbaniteMetropolitan resident
- suburbaniteOutskirts area resident
- commuterOne who travels regularly
- boroughAdministrative town or district
municipal · marketplace · square · cobblestone · streetcar · brownstone · tenement · rowhouse
Ballot-casting citizen
- citizenLegal national member
- constituentMember of electoral district
- electorEnfranchised citizen
- councilmanElected municipal representative
alderman · burgess · selectman · representative · delegate · official · taxpayer · assemblyman
inhabitant
One who resides somewhere
- dwellerOne who resides somewhere
- villagerRural community inhabitant
- settlerOne who colonizes territory
native · occupant · householder · denizen · burgher · homesteader · freeholder · leaseholder · renter · lodger
neighbor
Person living nearby
- fellowMan or companion
- acquaintancePerson slightly known
- kinsmanMale family member
compatriot · peer · colleague · parishioner · guildsman · tradesman · shopkeeper · merchant · craftsman · artisan
citydweller
Person inhabiting a metropolis
- urbaniteMetropolitan resident
- suburbaniteOutskirts area resident
- commuterOne who travels regularly
borough · municipal · marketplace · square · cobblestone · streetcar · brownstone · tenement · rowhouse
voter
Ballot-casting citizen
- citizenLegal national member
- constituentMember of electoral district
- electorEnfranchised citizen
councilman · alderman · burgess · selectman · representative · delegate · official · taxpayer · assemblyman · legislator
- townsfolkvillagers, folk, resident, residents, locals
- commonerscommoner, commoners, peasant, peasants, common people
- Japanese figuressamurai, shogun, daimyo, geisha, ronin
- countrymencompatriot, countryman, countrywoman, fellow citizen, national