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 noun 
 Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tūn enclosure, village, town; akin to Old High German zūn enclosure, Old Irish dún fortress Date: before 12th century a cluster or aggregation of houses recognized as a distinct place with a place-name ;  hamlet  , 
 
 2. a compactly settled area as distinguished from surrounding rural territory, a compactly settled area usually larger than a village but smaller than a city, a large densely populated urban area ;  city  , an English village having a periodic fair or market, a particular town or city under consideration , the city or urban life as contrasted with the country, 
 
 5. the inhabitants of a city or town , the townspeople of a college or university town as distinct from the academic community , a New England territorial and political unit usually containing under a single town government both rural areas and urban areas not having their own charter of incorporation, a group of prairie dog burrows, town  adjective 

 town car 
  noun 
 Date: 1907
 a 4-door automobile with a usually open driver's compartment and a separate enclosed passenger compartment

 town clerk 
  noun 
 Date: 14th century
 a public officer charged with recording the official proceedings and vital statistics of a town

 town crier 
  noun 
 Date: 1602
 a town officer who makes public proclamations

 town hall 
  noun 
 Date: 15th century
 a public building used for town-government offices and meetings

 town house 
  noun 
 Date: 1586
 a house in town, a usually single-family house of two or sometimes three stories that is usually connected to a similar house by a common sidewall

 town manager 
  noun 
 Date: 1922
 an official appointed to direct the administration of a town government

 town meeting 
  noun 
 Date: 1636
 a meeting of inhabitants or taxpayers constituting the legislative authority of a town