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Town - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Town : (noun)
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]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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TOWN. This word is used differently in different parts of the United States.
In Pennsylvania and some other of the middle states, it signifies a village
or a city. In some of the northeastern states it denotes a subdivision of a
county, called in other places a township.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Town |
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followderl: Grandma is in Town =) |
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Greatness301: I my name is Cleveland Brown and i am proud to be right back in my home Town, with my new family! |
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tourneytrip: Looking for a lot of BYU fans in Town for the Las Vegas Classic, watching their hoops team at Noon, then the footballers in the evening. |
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