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Hanse townsHanse Hanse, n. [G. hanse, or F. hanse (from German), OHG. &
Goth. hansa; akin to AS. h?s band, troop.]
An association; a league or confederacy.
Hanse towns (Hist.), certain commercial cities in Germany
which associated themselves for the protection and
enlarging of their commerce. The confederacy, called also
Hansa and Hanseatic league, held its first diet in
1260, and was maintained for nearly four hundred years. At
one time the league comprised eighty-five cities. Its
remnants, L["u]beck, Hamburg, and Bremen, are free
cities, and are still frequently called Hanse towns. Townsfolk
Townsfolk Towns"folk`, n.
The people of a town; especially, the inhabitants of a city,
in distinction from country people; townspeople.
Township
Township Town"ship, n.
1. The district or territory of a town.
Note: In the United States, many of the States are divided
into townships of five, six, seven, or perhaps ten
miles square, and the inhabitants of such townships are
invested with certain powers for regulating their own
affairs, such as repairing roads and providing for the
poor. The township is subordinate to the county.
2. In surveys of the public land of the United States, a
division of territory six miles square, containing 36
sections.
3. In Canada, one of the subdivisions of a county.
TownsmanTownsman Towns"man, n.; pl. Townsmen (-men).
1. An inhabitant of a town; one of the same town with
another. --Pope.
2. A selectman, in New England. See Selectman. TownsmenTownsman Towns"man, n.; pl. Townsmen (-men).
1. An inhabitant of a town; one of the same town with
another. --Pope.
2. A selectman, in New England. See Selectman.
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