townee

/taʊˈni/
noun
  1. A person who lives in a town or city, especially one who is unfamiliar with or unsympathetic to country life.
    • The farmer smiled at the townee who couldn't tell a cow from a horse.
    • The local festival attracted both country folk and curious townees from the nearby city.
    • As a lifelong townee, she found the silence of the countryside unsettling.
  2. A person from the same town as the speaker, often used to refer to a fellow resident in contrast to outsiders.
    • The rivalry between the students and the townees was legendary in that college town.
    • We townees always stick together when the tourists flood in during summer.
    • He's a fellow townee, so he knows all the best spots to eat.
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