The townspeople were astonishingly naive about what the smugglers were.
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Townspeople
//ˈtaʊnzˌpipəl//
Synonyms for "townspeople" (26 found)
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20 translations across 12 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- حَضَر noun (the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city)
- حَضَر noun (the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 市民 noun (the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city)
Faroese
1 entries- býarfólk noun (the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city)
Finnish
1 entries- kaupunkilaiset noun (the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city)
French
1 entries- citadins noun (the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city)
German
4 entries- Bürger noun (the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city)
- Leute der Stadt noun (the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city)
- Leute in der Stadt noun (the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city)
- Stadtbewohner noun (the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city)
Japanese
1 entries- 市民 noun (the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city)
Latin
1 entries- oppidānī noun (the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- měsćanarje noun (the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city)
Manx
2 entries- covaljee noun (the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city)
- mooinjer yn valley noun (the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city)
Portuguese
1 entries- cidadãos noun (the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city)
Russian
1 entries- горожа́не noun (the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city)
Sample sentences
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The townspeople looked curiously at me.
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The townspeople like to eat thick steaks.
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The townspeople applauded.
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