Meaning of cityman | Babel Free

Definitions

A man from a city.

Examples

“He wants the frankness (now) of manner which alone could carry⟳ a man in his position through an hour’s dejeunering with squab citymen who had no notion of what it would be proper to say⟳ to him.”

“They don’t want⟳ to be saddled with a bunch of citymen.”

“In the first year, we even took in a half-dozen citymen and nursed them while they died of radiation burns.”

“We were completely free of any sense⟳ of peril, though the streets were full of citymen drawn by the sweet scent of prostitutes.”

“A twenty-four man ‘committee’ rounded up at Summerhill was strongly suspected of liaising with the mountain bands at Whelp Rock and it was common knowledge that guides known as ‘express⟳ boys’ were bringing groups of citymen into the hills.”

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