resident vs townsman

resident

noun
  • A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area. 

  • A bird which does not migrate during the course of the year. 

  • A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court, usually of inferior rank to an ambassador. 

  • A physician receiving specialized medical training. 

  • A legal permanent resident, someone who maintains residency. 

adj
  • Based in a particular place; on hand; local. 

  • Currently loaded into RAM; contrasted with virtual memory. 

  • Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate. 

townsman

noun
  • A man who is a resident of a town, especially of one's own town. 

  • A resident of a university town, as opposed to a scholar at the university; a townie. 

How often have the words resident and townsman occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )