Where does townman come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

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townman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

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From Middle English townman, towneman, tunmann, from Old English tūnman, tūnmann (“a town-dweller”), equivalent to town + man.

townmen (plural)

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