name, noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person from a certain town, or part of town
2. 2
   a resident of a town or city wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   A census-designated place in Kiowa County, Colorado, United States. countable, uncountable
3. 3
   A small city, the county seat of McHenry County, North Dakota, United States. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

bourgeoisburghercitizencity dwellercity slickersuburbanite

Etymology

From town + -er.

Related phrases

Towner Countyout-of-townersmall-townercounty seatkiowa countymchenry countynorth dakotaout of townersmall towner

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.