townspeople
noun [plural] /ˈtaʊnzˌpiː.pl̩/ (also townsfolk)Definition
› people who live in a particular town, considered as a group: The townspeople have raised $9 million for a new museum.People who live or settle somewhere › people who live in towns rather than in the countrysidePeople who live or settle somewhere
(Definition of townspeople noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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