Definition of "townfolk" [townfolk]

• Alternative form of townsfolk. (noun)

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• "The clangor of bells far and near calls the townfolk to their various avocations, the toiler to his toil, the idler to his idleness, the miser to his gold."
• "What unsettled the minds of the townfolk was the failure of the Rajah's boats to act at the decisive moment."
• "What unsettled the minds of the townfolk was the failure of the Rajah’s boats to act at the decisive moment."