Usually means: Local resident, not university affiliated.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word townie:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. townie: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. townie: Merriam-Webster
  3. townie: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. townie: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. townie: Collins English Dictionary
  6. townie: Vocabulary.com
  7. Townie, townie: Wordnik
  8. townie: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. townie: Wiktionary
  10. townie: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. townie (towny): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. townie: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. townie: Dictionary.com
  14. Townie (disambiguation), Townie: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. townie: Rhymezone
  16. townie: FreeDictionary.org
  17. townie: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. townie: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. townie: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. townie: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. American-Australian Slang Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Townie(PUG!!!), Townie (scum): Urban Dictionary

(Note: See townies as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (UK, US) A person living in a university area who is not associated with the university.
noun:  (UK) 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.
noun:  (UK) A person familiar with the town (urbanised centre of a city) and with going out on the town; a street-wise person.
noun:  (UK, derogatory) A chav.
noun:  (US) A working-class citizen in a metropolitan area.
noun:  (UK, Australia, New Zealand, informal) A person who lives in a city or town, or has an urban outlook.
noun:  A person from Charlestown, Massachusetts, (especially) a working-class person of Irish American heritage.

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