townspersonとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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townsperson (plural townspersons or townspeople)

1. An inhabitant of a town.
   • 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 369:

     It is the tunes of townspeople only, principally of those in the capital Sanʿa that are original; while the folk-song of the village Jews, who live in close contact with the Arabs, is strongly influenced by Arabic music.

   • 2023 February 1, Scottie Andrew, “The bizarre history of Groundhog Day”, in CNN‎, archived from the original on 18 July 2024:

     Many sources claim that the original Groundhog Day took place in 1887, when residents of Punxsutawney set out to Gobbler’s Knob, known as Phil’s “official” home, but the first piece of evidence Yoder found of townspeople trusting a groundhog for the weather, a diary entry, was dated 1840.

反意語

• villager

関連する語

• townsfolk

参考

• urbanite