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Meaning of towns

- Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.] (c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls.
- Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop.
- Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities.
- The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.
- A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country.
- The court end of London;-- commonly with the.
- The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country.
- A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.

Crossword clue for towns

- Community
- conurbation
- Large village
- Person employed to make public announcements
- Populated area
- Small city
- Two built northern settlement
- Urban area
- Urban settlement
- Built-up areas
- Municipalities
- The first snow disrupted urban areas
- Urban areas
- Urban centres
- Urban settlements