Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) An inhabitant of a town; one of the same town with another. 2. (n.) A selectman, in New England. See Selectman.

Multi-Version Concordance Townsman (1 Occurrence) Judges 17:7 Now there was a young man living in Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah and a Levite, who was not a townsman of the place. (BBE)