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# townsfolk

«townsfolk» in Mova's school dictionary: **the people who live in a particular town, or town people…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (townsfolk — plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Townsfolk are the people who live in a particular town, or town people in general as opposed to country people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/townsfolk/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, fairy tales and history, "the townsfolk" are the ordinary people of a town who gather, gossip, celebrate or are afraid, as in "The Pied Piper of Hamelin". It sounds a little old-fashioned and storybook-like; in news, "townspeople" or "residents" are more common. Phrases: "the local townsfolk", "the townsfolk gathered".

### examples

- The townsfolk gathered in the square to hear the news. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/townsfolk/#x1)
- The Pied Piper led the rats away, but the townsfolk did not pay him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/townsfolk/#x2)
- The townsfolk cheered when the knight returned. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/townsfolk/#x3)
- All the townsfolk came to the summer fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/townsfolk/#x4)
- The townsfolk were afraid of the dragon on the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/townsfolk/#x5)
- The mayor asked the townsfolk to help clean the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/townsfolk/#x6)
- In the past, townsfolk and country folk lived very different lives. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/townsfolk/#x7)
- And as he paced along, slowly and gravely, the townsfolk flocked to door and window, and many a blessing they called down upon his head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/townsfolk/#x8)

### note

Plural noun with a plural verb: "The townsfolk were happy." There is no "a townsfolk"; for one person say "a townsperson" or "someone from the town". Also "townspeople". "Folk" means people.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «townsfolk» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/townsfolk/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.