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townswoman

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A woman who is a resident of a town, especially of one's own town.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From town + -s- + -woman, on the model of townsman.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: bashkëqytetare — woman resident of a town
  • Arabic: مَدِينِيَّة (madīniyya) — woman resident of a town
  • Belarusian: гараджа́нка (haradžánka) — woman resident of a town
  • Belarusian: мяшча́нка (mjaščánka) — woman resident of a town
  • Belarusian: гарадска́я (haradskája) — woman resident of a town
  • Belarusian: ме́ская (mjéskaja) — woman resident of a town
  • Bulgarian: гра́жданка (gráždanka) — woman resident of a town
  • Cornish: burjyses — woman resident of a town
  • Czech: měšťanka — woman resident of a town
  • Czech: měšťačka — woman resident of a town
  • Finnish: kaupunkilainen — woman resident of a town
  • French: citadine — woman resident of a town
  • German: Bürgerin — woman resident of a town
  • German: Stadtbewohnerin — woman resident of a town
  • Ingrian: linnakko — woman resident of a town
  • Macedonian: гра́ѓанка (gráǵanka) — woman resident of a town
  • Polish: mieszczanka — woman resident of a town
  • Polish: miastowa — woman resident of a town
  • Russian: горожа́нка (gorožánka) — woman resident of a town
  • Russian: городска́я жи́тельница (gorodskája žítelʹnica) — woman resident of a town
  • Russian: меща́нка (meščánka) — woman resident of a town
  • Russian: городска́я (gorodskája) — woman resident of a town
  • Serbo-Croatian: мѐшта̄нка — woman resident of a town
  • Serbo-Croatian: мјѐшта̄нка — woman resident of a town
  • Serbo-Croatian: mèštānka — woman resident of a town
  • Serbo-Croatian: mjèštānka — woman resident of a town
  • Slovak: mešťanka — woman resident of a town
  • Slovene: meščanka — woman resident of a town
  • Spanish: pueblera — woman resident of a town
  • Spanish: pueblerina — woman resident of a town
  • Swedish: stadsbo — woman resident of a town
  • Swedish: stadsfru — woman resident of a town
  • Swedish: borgarfru — woman resident of a town
  • Ukrainian: городя́нка (horodjánka) — woman resident of a town
  • Ukrainian: міща́нка (miščánka) — woman resident of a town
  • Ukrainian: містя́нка (mistjánka) — woman resident of a town
  • Ukrainian: міська́ (misʹká) — woman resident of a town