One who dwells in a town; a townsman.
1483. Cely Papers (Camden), 146. Sarten Town dwellers of Callez hath ben at Bruges.
1550. in Strype, Eccl. Mem. (1721), II. App. QQ. 142. To take their answers, and the proofs of the said town-dwellers.
1623. Middleton, More Dissemb. Besides Wom., IV. i. Th’ unhous’d race of fortune-tellers May never fail to cheat town-dwellers.
1891. C. James, Rom. Rigmarole, 2. No jaded town-dweller … would grudge the few shillings.
1912. Times, 19 Oct., 7/3. The ignorance of town-dwellers about the elementary facts of rural economy is astounding.
So Town-dwelling a.
1899. Westm. Gaz., 27 Feb., 2/3. The town-dwelling Westminsterians have beaten the rural Carthusians twice running at football.
