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Word Meanings - TOWNSMAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. An inhabitant of a town; one of the same town with another. Pope. 2. A selectman, in New England. See Selectman.

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  • SUBJECTION
    1. The act of subjecting, or of bringing under the dominion of another; the act of subduing. The conquest of the kingdom, and subjection of the rebels. Sir M. Hale. 2. The state of being subject, or under the power, control, and government
  • SUBJECTIST
    One skilled in subjective philosophy; a subjectivist.
  • SUBJECTNESS
    Quality of being subject.
  • SUBJECTLESS
    Having no subject.
  • CITIZENSHIP
    The state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen.
  • SUBJECTIVE
    Modified by, or making prominent, the individuality of a writer or an artist; as, a subjective drama or painting; a subjective writer. Syn. -- See Objective. Subjective sensation , one of the sensations occurring when stimuli due to internal causes
  • TOWNSMAN
    1. An inhabitant of a town; one of the same town with another. Pope. 2. A selectman, in New England. See Selectman.
  • INHABITANT
    One who has a legal settlement in a town, city, or parish; a permanent resident. (more info) 1. One who dwells or resides permanently in a place, as distinguished from a transient lodger or visitor; as, an inhabitant of a house, a town, a city,
  • DENIZENIZE
    To constitute a denizen; to denizen. Abbott.
  • DENIZEN
    or country); opposed to forain foreign, and fr. denz within, F. dans, fr. L. de intus, prop., from within, intus being from in in. See In, 1. A dweller; an inhabitant. "Denizens of air." Pope. Denizens of their own free, independent state. Sir
  • DENIZENSHIP
    State of being a denizen.
  • BURGESS
    town, F. bourg village, fr. LL. burgus fort, city; from the German; 1. An inhabitant of a borough or walled town, or one who possesses a tenement therein; a citizen or freeman of a borough. Blackstone. Note: "A burgess of a borough corresponds
  • SUBJECT-MATTER
    The matter or thought presented for consideration in some statement or discussion; that which is made the object of thought or study. As to the subject-matter, words are always to be understood as having a regard thereto. Blackstone. As science
  • BURGESS-SHIP
    The state of privilege of a burgess. South.
  • SUBJECT
    first part is L. subtus below, fr. sub under), subgiet, subject, F. sujet, from L. subjectus lying under, subjected, p.p. of subjicere, subicere, to throw, lay, place, or bring under; sub under + jacere to 1. Placed or situated under; lying below,
  • CITIZEN
    1. Having the condition or qualities of a citizen, or of citizens; as, a citizen soldiery. 2. Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a city; characteristic of citizens; effeminate; luxurious. I am not well, But not so citizen a wanton as To seem
  • CITIZENESS
    A female citizen.
  • SUBJECTIVITY
    The quality or state of being subjective; character of the subject.
  • DENIZENATION
    Denization; denizening. Abbott.
  • SUBJECTIVISM
    Any philosophical doctrine which refers all knowledge to, and founds it upon, any subjective states; egoism.
  • FREE-DENIZEN
    To make free.
  • INSUBJECTION
    Want of subjection or obedience; a state of disobedience, as to government.
  • RESUBJECTION
    A second subjection.
  • NONINHABITANT
    One who is not an inhabitant; a stranger; a foreigner; a nonresident.
  • ENDENIZEN
    To admit to the privileges of a denizen; to naturalize. B. Jonson.

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