Noun

(wikipedia town) (en noun)

A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city.

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Any more urbanized center than the place of reference.

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A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.

The residents (as opposed to (gown): the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.

(label) (Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion).

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(label) A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.

(label) An enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor.

(label) The whole of the land which constituted the domain.

(label) A collection of houses enclosed by fences or walls.

(Palsgrave)

A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) A fortified town.

(rare) A town or city.

A town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights.

An administrative district in some cities, e.g., London.

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An administrative unit of a city which, under most circumstances according to state or national law, would be considered a larger or more powerful entity; most commonly used in American English to define the five counties that make up New York City.

Other similar administrative units in cities and states in various parts of the world.

A district in Alaska having powers similar to a county.

(historical, British, legal) An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behaviour of each other.

(historical, British, legal) The pledge or surety thus given.

(Blackstone)

(Tomlins)

(Webster 1913)