Dictionary

townie

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈtaʊni/

Noun

townie (plural townies)

(UK, US) A person living in a university area who is not associated with the university.
(US) A person born and raised in an area of Massachusetts who is proud of his or her Irish-American community, culture, and heritage.
(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.
(UK) A person familiar with the town (urbanised centre of a city) and with going out on the town; a street-wise person.
(UK, pejorative) A chav.
(US) A working-class citizen in a metropolitan area.
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, informal) A person who lives in a city or town, or has an urban outlook.
- 2002, Graeme Davison, Rural Sustainability in Historical Perspective, Chris Cocklin, Jacqui Dibden (editors), Sustainability and Change in Rural Australia, University Of New South Wales Press, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=QYlgxY1EThcC&pg=PA40&dq=%22townie%22%7C%22townies%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zBCVUJfpH4eiigfc8IDoCg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22townie%22%7C%22townies%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 40],
  In the 1940′s, a social survey of Victorian country towns found a similar gap between the interests and outlooks of farmers and townies, and an underlying fear on the part of the townsfolk.
- 2005, Marc Brodie, Chapter 9: The Politics of Rural Nostalgia between the Wars, Graeme Davison, Marc Brodie (editors), Struggle Country: The Rural Ideal in Twentieth-Century Australia, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=tzNpJwAY52QC&pg=SA9-PA9&dq=%22townie%22%7C%22townies%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zBCVUJfpH4eiigfc8IDoCg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22townie%22%7C%22townies%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 9.9],
  In that sense, the townies, not the farmers, were the inheritors of a pioneer capacity for hard work.
- 2008, Jim Sharman, Blood & Tinsel: A Memoir, Melbourne University Publishing, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=GKjjzWB5p2gC&pg=PT17&dq=%22townie%22%7C%22townies%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zBCVUJfpH4eiigfc8IDoCg&redir_esc=y page 18],
  Earlier, there would probably have been a grudge match between two townies, or locals.

Synonyms

(chav) syndiff en

Antonyms

(person who lives in a city or town or has an urban outlook) cocky ("farmer")

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