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# townspeople

«townspeople» in Mova's school dictionary: **The people who live in a town, especially when thought of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (townspeople — plural)

### meaning for a pupil

The people who live in a town, especially when thought of all together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/townspeople/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and fairy tales (like «The Pied Piper of Hamelin»), the townspeople react together: they cheer, panic or refuse to pay. In history, townspeople were merchants and craftspeople, different from farmers or lords. Phrases: «the townspeople gathered», «the townspeople of Hamelin».

### examples

- The townspeople gathered in the square to hear the news. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/townspeople/#x1)
- The townspeople of Hamelin would not pay the Piper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/townspeople/#x2)
- All the townspeople came out to watch the parade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/townspeople/#x3)
- The flood forced the townspeople to leave their homes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/townspeople/#x4)
- In the Middle Ages, townspeople paid taxes to the lord. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/townspeople/#x5)
- The townspeople cheered when the hero returned. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/townspeople/#x6)
- He drove by the town, but the townspeople had met together and had been looking out for him for ever so long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/townspeople/#x7)

### note

Plural noun: «the townspeople are…», never «a townspeople». Also: townsfolk (similar, a bit old-fashioned), townsperson (one, rare). One word.

### Trees and pragmatics

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