n. The people who live in a town, especially the lower and middle classes.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The people of a town; especially, the inhabitants of a city, in distinction from country people; townspeople.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. People of a town or city; people who live in towns.
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n. the people living in a municipality smaller than a city
Word Usage
"He thought the concentration of the townsfolk was a sign of an unmanly dread of those first settlers whom they wished to drive away unjustly, subjugate and ruin."