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townspeople
CIDE DICTIONARY
townspeople, n.
The inhabitants of a town or city, especially in distinction from country people; townsfolk. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
townspeople
big-city man, bourgeois, burgess, burgher, city dweller, city man, city slicker, exurbanite, oppidan, suburbanite, townee, towner, townfolk, townfolks, townsman, townswoman, urbanite, villager, villageressFor further exploring for "townspeople" in Webster Dictionary Online