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townswoman

/tounz-woom-uhn/US // ˈtaʊnzˌwʊm ən //

女镇长,女镇民,乡镇妇女,巾帼不让须眉

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural towns·wom·en.

    • : a female native or inhabitant of a town.
    • : a female native or inhabitant of one's own or the same town.

Examples

  • The other is the drowning, under possibly suspicious circumstances, of a much-loved young townswoman, Ariel.

  • "That lass o' Lowrie's has made a bad bargain, i' takin' up wi' that wench," said a townswoman to Grace.

  • We are thankful to see the recognition accorded to the worth of our townswoman.

  • All this Charlotte Bronte's townswoman told simply and garrulously, but she told it well because she had felt and seen.

  • Her mother had been a townswoman; and the girl had been born and bred amongst them.

  • Then the townswoman's self-satisfied arrogance came to the surface.