market town

market town EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun a town where a regularly scheduled market is held. Liberaldictionary.com

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Origin of market town late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for market town Historical Examples of market town

The jaguar might make an excursion into the market-town; the bear might eat a butcher.

Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I.

Charles James Lever

At the red house, near the market-town, there is a hospitable bustle.

Lucretia, Complete

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

At the foot of the Maquiling mountain is Calamba, a market-town.

The Philippine Islands

Ramon Reyes Lala

It is a conventional Breton small town, but it is a market-town, nevertheless.

Rambles in Brittany

Francis Miltoun

Cullompton is a market-town 12 miles north-east of Exeter, on the road from Bristol.

Devonshire

Francis A. Knight

British Dictionary definitions for market town market town noun mainly British a town that holds a market, esp an agricultural centre in a rural area Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012