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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Town \Town\, n. [OE. toun, tun, AS tun inclosure, fence, village, town; akin to D. tuin a garden, G. zaun a hadge, fence, OHG. zun, Icel. tun an inclosure, homestead, house, Ir & Gael. dun a fortress, W. din. Cf {Down}, adv & prep., {Dune}, {tine} to inclose.] 1. Formerly: a An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] b The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.] c A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls. [Obs.] --Palsgrave. 2. Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop. [Eng.] --Johnson. 3. 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. God made the country, and man made the town. --Cowper. 4. 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. 5. A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country. [U. S.] 6. The court end of London;-- commonly with the 7. The metropolis or its inhabitants; as in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country. Always hankering after the diversions of the town. --Addison. Stunned with his giddy larum half the town. --Pope. Note: The same form of expressions is used in regard to other populous towns. 8. A farm or farmstead; also a court or farmyard. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Note: Town is often used adjectively or in combination with other words as town clerk, or town-clerk; town-crier, or town crier; townhall, town-hall, or town hall; townhouse, town house, or town-house. Syn: Village; hamlet. See {Village}. {Town clerk}, an office who keeps the records of a town, and enters its official proceedings. See {Clerk}. {Town cress} (Bot.), the garden cress, or peppergrass. --Dr. Prior. {Town house}. a A house in town, in distinction from a house in the country. b See {Townhouse}. {Town meeting}, a legal meeting of the inhabitants of a town entitled to vote, for the transaction of public bisiness. [U. S.] {Town talk}, the common talk of a place the subject or topic of common conversation. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: town n 1: an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work" 2: an administrative division of a county; "the town is responsible for snow removal" [syn: {township}] 3: the people living in a municipality smaller than a city; "the whole town cheered the team" [syn: {townspeople}, {townsfolk}]
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