Town ¹

Definition: 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.

Town ²

Definition: Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop.

Town ³

Definition: 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.

Town ⁴

Definition: 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.

Town ⁵

Definition: A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country.

Town ⁶

Definition: The court end of London;-- commonly with the.

Town ⁷

Definition: The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country.

Town ⁸

Definition: A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.

town ⁹

Definition: the people living in a municipality smaller than a city; "the whole town cheered the team"

town ¹⁰

Definition: an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work"

town ¹¹

Definition: an administrative division of a county; "the town is responsible for snow removal"