townswoman

The other is the drowning, under possibly suspicious circumstances, of a much-loved young townswoman, Ariel.

"That lass o' Lowrie's has made a bad bargain, i' takin' up wi' that wench," said a townswoman to Grace.

We are thankful to see the recognition accorded to the worth of our townswoman.

All this Charlotte Bronte's townswoman told simply and garrulously, but she told it well because she had felt and seen.

Her mother had been a townswoman; and the girl had been born and bred amongst them.

Then the townswoman's self-satisfied arrogance came to the surface.