towner

noun

town·​er

ˈtau̇nə(r)

plural -s

slang

: a town or city dweller : townsman

the streets were crawling with people—towners and visiting country cousins

—Bill Ballantine

—used especially by circus troupes of the local citizenry

the circus people, clannish and ever suspicious of towners

—Al Hine

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