TOWN
\tˈa͡ʊn], \tˈaʊn], \t_ˈaʊ_n]\
Definitions of TOWN
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities.
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The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.
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A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country.
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The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country.
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A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.
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The court end of London;- commonly with the.
By Oddity Software
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Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities.
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The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.
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A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country.
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The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country.
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A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.
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The court end of London;- commonly with the.
By Noah Webster.
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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.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A collection of houses larger than a village; also, the people of such place, collectively.
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A township.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Anglo-Saxon, Icelandic, German] A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls;-hence, any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city:-the body of inhabitants resident in a town;- a township:-the court end of London;-the metropolis or its inhabitants;- a farm-steading;- village; hamlet.
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