Usually means: Town historically centered around market.
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  1. market town: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. market town: Merriam-Webster
  3. market town: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. market town: Collins English Dictionary
  5. market town: Vocabulary.com
  6. market-town, market town: Wordnik
  7. market town: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. market town: Wiktionary
  9. market town: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Market town, market town: Dictionary.com
  11. Market town: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. market town: Rhymezone
  13. market-town: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. market town: FreeDictionary.org
  15. market town: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. market town: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Market-town, market town: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (market town)

▸ noun:  A town that has a traditional right to hold a regular market.

Similar:
market-town, town, wich town, borough, town centre, townsite, village, Newmarket, townlet, small town, more...

Opposite:
rural, village, countryside

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Similar:
market-town, town, wich town, borough, town centre, townsite, village, Newmarket, townlet, small town, more...

Opposite:
rural, village, countryside



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