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n.
An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township which the mill stands.
n.
A townsman.
a.
Having towns; containing many towns.
n.
The people of a town; especially, the inhabitants of a city, in distinction from country people; townspeople.
adv. & prep.
A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country.
v.
In the public land system of the United States, a row or line of townships lying between two successive meridian lines six miles apart.
pl.
of Townsman
n.
A division of a State, embracing several contiguous townships; a county.
a.
Pertaining to the country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of towns; rustic; rude; unpolished.
n.
One of the portions, of one square mile each, into which the public lands of the United States are divided; one thirty-sixth part of a township. These sections are subdivided into quarter sections for sale under the homestead and preemption laws.
n.
In surveys of the public land of the United States, a division of territory six miles square, containing 36 sections.
n.
The inhabitants of a town or city, especially in distinction from country people; townsfolk.
n.
The country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of towns.
n.
A selectman, in New England. See Selectman.
n.
The district or territory of a town.
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One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland towns.
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An inhabitant of a town; one of the same town with another.
n.
A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch; as, Judea was formerly divided into ten toparchies.
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Originally, the title of a military commander in various Slavonic countries; afterwards applied to governors of towns or provinces. It was assumed for a time by the rulers of Moldavia and Wallachia, who were afterwards called hospodars, and has also been given to some inferior Turkish officers.
n.
In Canada, one of the subdivisions of a county.
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