Look up: town

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   town
   [n] - an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city 2. [n] - the people living in a municipality smaller than a city
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   town
   Many towns grew up near to forts, which could be seen from their names. If a place name included the words chester or cester, it was because it was on the site of a Roman fort, for example, Chester, Gloucester, and Manchester. The word chester came from castrum, the Roman word for a fort. Most towns would also have shops and a market place called a...
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   town
   urban settlement which is larger and more regularly built up than a village and which has a more independent form of local government Category: Building industry
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   Town
   Town noun [ Middle English toun , tun , Anglo-Saxon tun inclosure, fence, village, town; akin to Dutch tuin a garden, German zaun a hadge, fence, Old High German zun , Icelandic tun an inclosure, homestead, house, Ir. & Gael. dun a fortress, W. din . Confer Down , adverb & preposition , Dune , ...
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   town
   1. Formerly: An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. The whole of the land which constituted the domain. A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls. ... 2. Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop. ... 3. Any collection o ...
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   town
   townspeople noun the people living in a municipality smaller than a city; `the whole town cheered the team`
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   town
   noun an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; `they drive through town on their way to work`
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   Town
   A `town` is a community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands (occasionally hundreds of thousands), although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. Usually, a `town` is thought of as larger than a village but smaller than a `city`, though there are exceptions to this rule. The words `city` and `village` came into English from Latin via French. `Town` and `borough` (also `burrow`, `burgh`, `bury`, etc.) are ...
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   Town
   • (adv. & prep.) A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country. • (adv. & prep.) A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard. • (adv. & prep.) The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country. • (adv. & prep.) Formerly: (a) An inclosu...
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    town
    (from the article `Europe, history of`) ...for the future: it was a seaport and capital, but with a solid base in manufacturing, trade, and finance. Like Naples, it was a magnet for the ... Wide, paved squares flanked the palaces, and around them spread extensive towns, which by this time if not earlier seem to have been unwalled. ... ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/67
    
    
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    town
    town, in the United States. In the New England states the town is the basic unit of local government. The New England town government's unique feature is the town meeting, much praised as a nearly pure form of democracy. At the annual meeting of voters, town officers are elected and local issues suc...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0