HyperDic: townspeople

English > 1 sense of the word *townspeople*:
NOUN	group	townspeople, town, townsfolk	the people living in a municipality smaller than a city

townspeople > pronunciation
Sounds	taw'nzpiy.pahl
Rhymes	abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl...

English > *townspeople*: 1 sense > noun 1, group
Meaning	The people living in a municipality smaller than a city.
Synonyms	town, townsfolk
Narrower	borough	An English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament
Broader	municipality	People living in a town or city having local self-government