townie

Plural: townies

Noun

• A local resident in a college town who is not a student.
• resident of a college town not affiliated with the college
• A person living in a university area who is not associated with the university.
• A person who has moved from a town or city to a rural area. Especially, one who is perceived not to have adopted rural ways.
• A person familiar with the town (urbanised centre of a city) and with going out on the town; a street-wise person.
• A chav.
• A working-class citizen in a metropolitan area.
• A person who lives in a city or town, or has an urban outlook.

Examples

• The seasoned TOWNIE at the Scrabble club always knew the obscure two-letter words.

Synonyms

towny, synonyms at chav

Antonyms

cocky ()

Related Words

barnie, towner