[ noun ] the people living in a municipality smaller than a city <noun.group> the whole town cheered the team
Townspeople \Towns"peo`ple\, n. The inhabitants of a town or city, especially in distinction from country people; townsfolk.
Israeli Ambassador Ovadia Soafer presented the Medals of Righteousness to townspeople who risked their lives as they sheltered Jews on the run from 1940 through 1944.
Although few townspeople knew Higgins personally, "they have been concerned," Mrs. Whittaker said.
When the ceremony ends, the European-descended townspeople and the Indian descendants go their separate ways.
Some think "Cosi," with only six characters and very occasional chorus of townspeople, shouldn't be performed in a house as big as the Met. If that idea were followed, the Met audience would be greatly deprived.
At Battambang, townspeople lined the streets, cheering and waving Cambodian and Vietnamese flags as the Vietnamese waved back from their of Soviet and aging U.S.-made trucks.
Bush went the opposite direction for his walk than he did a year ago when a walk into the town of Kennebunkport resulted in a chaotic traffic jam of reporters, cameras, townspeople and security vehicles.
I voted for Albert Gore." Hugh Carter, too, has not observed any stirring interest among his townspeople in the primary.
As many farmers mowed their crop last week, townspeople's spirits have fallen, too.
These days, nobody's sure who runs Parker _ the townspeople or the neighboring Colorado River Indian Tribes.
This September Mr. Becker and his townspeople are in this country again.
The head of the only bank in a small farming community, he is well-known to townspeople who, he said, will certainly be tuning in.
But some townspeople question the gravity of the situation.
As a result, many townspeople complain they are no better off today than they were eight years ago.
The Rev. Jeff Stratton said the townspeople had kept their sense of humor despite the added hardship.
Thousands of townspeople, family members, dignitaries and fellow aviators crowded a small church Wednesday at Udine, Italy, for the funeral of the pilots _ Lt.
He ordered townspeople to paint their rooftop water tanks sky-blue and white, the national colors.
The townspeople object to having the circus in their midst, providing a modicum of conflict to the script.
During the rally, about 400 townspeople joined about 500 others who since Oct. 24 have been marching the 250 miles from Batac south to Manila to demand Marcos' body be brought back from Hawaii, where the former president died Sept. 28.
Clouds of dust rose over the rubble, as thousands of townspeople, soldiers and rescue workers milled about this city, once home to 180,000 people.
Bush and Quayle came to the senator's hometown to launch their campaign, and a crowd of some 8,000 to 10,000 flag-waving and cheering townspeople greeted them.
The 10, stripped to their underwear, were freed at the request of the townspeople.
While generally out of the mainstream of the mergers-and-acquisitions game, the townspeople did enough research to figure that sizable layoffs often accompany this consumer-product concern's acquisitions.
Two months ago, townspeople in Brighton talked freely of the Sims case.
"It is incredible to come here and to meet the townspeople," Fuller said. "They are so understanding.
Town Hall's steeple was mended by volunteers, and townspeople donated their Sunday-best china and silver.
Around the time the body was found, townspeople had been holding a forum on missing children at a junior high school.
On a recent day, a handful of townspeople sat around the city park, waiting to give them a meal.
Many people become agitated, townspeople say.
He went to the church, where the townspeople were gathered.
The mostly white audience of townspeople and representatives of environmental groups cheered and applauded.