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Hanse towns
Hanse Hanse, n. [G. hanse, or F. hanse (from German), OHG. & Goth. hansa; akin to AS. h?s band, troop.] An association; a league or confederacy. Hanse towns (Hist.), certain commercial cities in Germany which associated themselves for the protection and enlarging of their commerce. The confederacy, called also Hansa and Hanseatic league, held its first diet in 1260, and was maintained for nearly four hundred years. At one time the league comprised eighty-five cities. Its remnants, L["u]beck, Hamburg, and Bremen, are free cities, and are still frequently called Hanse towns.
Townsfolk
Townsfolk Towns"folk`, n. The people of a town; especially, the inhabitants of a city, in distinction from country people; townspeople.
Township
Township Town"ship, n. 1. The district or territory of a town. Note: In the United States, many of the States are divided into townships of five, six, seven, or perhaps ten miles square, and the inhabitants of such townships are invested with certain powers for regulating their own affairs, such as repairing roads and providing for the poor. The township is subordinate to the county. 2. In surveys of the public land of the United States, a division of territory six miles square, containing 36 sections. 3. In Canada, one of the subdivisions of a county.
Townsman
Townsman Towns"man, n.; pl. Townsmen (-men). 1. An inhabitant of a town; one of the same town with another. --Pope. 2. A selectman, in New England. See Selectman.
Townsmen
Townsman Towns"man, n.; pl. Townsmen (-men). 1. An inhabitant of a town; one of the same town with another. --Pope. 2. A selectman, in New England. See Selectman.

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- some regions, towns are formally defined by legal charters or government designations, while in others, the term is used informally. Towns typically feature...
- the NBA Three-Point Contest in 2022. Towns was born in Edison, New Jersey to an African-American father, Karl Towns Sr., and a Dominican mother, Jacqueline...
- is no official Five Towns designation, "the basic five are Lawrence, Cedarhurst, Woodmere, Hewlett and Inwood." Each of these "towns" has a consecutive...
- IBM PC compatibles. In 1993, the FM Towns Marty was released; it is a game console compatible with existing FM Towns games. The "FM" part of the name means...
- avoid the development of ghost towns once a mining resource has been fully extracted. The Middle East has many ghost towns and ruins that were created when...
- Sundown towns, also known as sunset towns, gray towns, or sundowner towns, were all-white muni****lities or neighborhoods in the United States. They were...
- Look up paper town in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Paper Towns may refer to: Paper Towns (novel), a 2008 novel by John Green Paper Towns (film), a 2015...
- A town (Portuguese: Vila) in Portugal, does not necessarily correspond to a muni****lity. There are 533 towns in Portugal. Some towns are the seat of...
- Look up towns in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Towns are settlements that are generally larger than villages but smaller than cities. Towns may also...
- New York, Towns was Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee from 2009 to 2011. During his 30 years in Congress, Towns represented...