selectman
Webster Dictionary
one of a board of town officers chosen annually in the New England States to transact the general public business of the town. and have a kind of executive authority. The number is usually from three to seven in each town
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townhall
Webster Dictionary
a public hall or building, belonging to a town. where the public offices are established, the town council meets, the people assemble in town meeting, etc
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town
Webster Dictionary
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
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borough
Webster Dictionary
in England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district, erected by the sovereign, with a certain jurisdiction; in America, an incorporated town or village, as in Pennsylvania and Connecticut
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city
Webster Dictionary
a corporate town. in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or a city council consisting of a board of aldermen and a common council; in Great Britain, a town corporate, which is or has been the seat of a bishop, or the capital of his see
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town-crier
Webster Dictionary
a town officer who makes proclamations to the people; the public crier of a town
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around
Webster Dictionary
in a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town
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place
Webster Dictionary
a position which is occupied and held; a dwelling; a mansion; a village, town. or city; a fortified town or post; a stronghold; a region or country
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piazza
Webster Dictionary
an open square in a European town. especially an Italian town. hence (Arch.), an arcaded and roofed gallery; a portico. In the United States the word is popularly applied to a veranda
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townish
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a town. like the town
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sack
Webster Dictionary
the pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town. devastation; ravage
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boulder
(Boulder)
Princeton's WordNet
a town in north central Colorado; Rocky Mountains resort center and university town
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san angelo
(San Angelo)
Princeton's WordNet
a town in west central Texas; formerly a notorious frontier town
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dodge city
(Dodge City)
Princeton's WordNet
a town of southwestern Kansas on the Arkansas River; formerly a rowdy cow town
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shantytown
(ˈʃæn tiˌtaʊn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a town or section of a town or city where there are many poor people living in shanties.
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leadville
(ˈlɛd vɪl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a town in central Colorado: historic mining town. 3879.
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take the road
(take the road)
Princeton's WordNet
give theatrical performances while traveling from town to town
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tour
(ʊər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a journey from town to town. as by a theatrical company or performer.
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cantonment
Webster Dictionary
a town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an army; quarters
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bombardment
Webster Dictionary
an attack upon a fortress or fortified town. with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or fortified place
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tour
(ʊər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to travel from town to town giving performances.
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tour
(ʊər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to send or take (a theatrical company) from town to town.
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police
Webster Dictionary
a judicial and executive system, for the government of a city, town. or district, for the preservation of rights, order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town. or borough
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settlement
Webster Dictionary
a settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of residence; legal residence or establishment of a person in a particular parish or town. which entitles him to maintenance if a pauper, and subjects the parish or town to his support
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suburb
Webster Dictionary
an outlying part of a city or town. a smaller place immediately adjacent to a city; in the plural, the region which is on the confines of any city or large town. as, a house stands in the suburbs; a garden situated in the suburbs of Paris
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townsman
Webster Dictionary
an inhabitant of a town. one of the same town with another
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dawson
(Dawson)
Princeton's WordNet
a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in the Klondike
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sewerage
Webster Dictionary
the system of sewers in a city, town. etc.; the general drainage of a city or town by means of sewers
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circulatorious
Webster Dictionary
travelling from house to house or from town to town. itinerant
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townwards
Webster Dictionary
toward a town
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