townsman noun3 •A man who is a resident of a town, especially of one's own town.Two independent witnesses would testify that he carried no parcel. They were townsmen of St. Abbots who had travelled down in the same carriage with him. — 1923 •A resident of a university town, as opposed to a scholar at the university; a townie. •Synonym of oppidan (“type of student”). formstownsmen