Definition of "town meeting" []

• A legislative assembly of inhabitants of a town. (noun)

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• "On April 18, 1796, the town of Hatfield, in town meeting assembled,"
• "Second, he wanted to avoid the town meeting format, already scheduled for one of the three encounters planned by the official Commission on Presidential Debates."
• "The next morning, a town meeting was held at Old South Church to demand that all troops be withdrawn from Boston."