Definition of town

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Town (adv. & prep.) Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities..

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Portmote :: Portmote (n.) In old English law, a court, or mote, held in a port town..
City :: City (n.) A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or a city council consisting of a board of aldermen and a common council; in Great Britain, a town corporate, which is or has been the seat of a bishop, or the capital of his see..
Sack :: Sack (n.) The pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town; devastation; ravage..
Rochelle :: Rochelle (n.) A seaport town in France.
Burgomaster :: Burgomaster (n.) A chief magistrate of a municipal town in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, corresponding to mayor in England and the United States; a burghmaster..
Tollbooth :: Tollbooth (n.) In Scotland, a burgh jail; hence, any prison, especially a town jail..
Crier :: Crier (n.) an officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation; as, a town-crier..
Cognac :: Cognac (n.) A kind of French brandy, so called from the town of Cognac..
Townward :: Townward (adv.) Alt. of Townward.
Jimson Weed :: Jimson weed () See Jamestown weed.
Burgh :: Burgh (n.) A borough or incorporated town, especially, one in Scotland. See Borough..
Shipper :: Shipper (n.) One who sends goods from one place to another not in the same city or town, esp. one who sends goods by water..
Quarter :: Quarter (v. t.) A division of a town, city, or county; a particular district; a locality; as, the Latin quarter in Paris..
Townhouse :: Townhouse (n.) A building devoted to the public used of a town; a townhall.
Place :: Place (n.) A position which is occupied and held; a dwelling; a mansion; a village, town, or city; a fortified town or post; a stronghold; a region or country..
Strong :: Strong (superl.) Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to withstand violence; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a strong fortress or town..
Workhouse :: Workhouse (n.) A house where the town poor are maintained at public expense, and provided with labor; a poorhouse..
Xanthian :: Xanthian (a.) Of or pertaining to Xanthus, an ancient town on Asia Minor; -- applied especially to certain marbles found near that place, and now in the British Museum..
Splanchnapophyses :: Spitzenburgh (n.) A kind of red and yellow apple, of medium size and spicy flavor. It originated at Newtown, on Long Island..
Coventry :: Coventry (n.) A town in the county of Warwick, England..
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