Definition of "townsfolk" []

• The people of a town. (noun-plural)

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• "I was surprised neither to hear the story, nor to detect the note of pleasure in his voice when he implied that his townsfolk were the inheritors of these noble traditions."
• "He thought the concentration of the townsfolk was a sign of an unmanly dread of those first settlers whom they wished to drive away unjustly, subjugate and ruin."
• "What unsettled the minds of the townsfolk was the failure of the Rajah's boats to act at the decisive moment."