Usually means: Local resident, not university affiliated.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word TOWNIE:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. townie: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. townie: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. townie: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. townie: Collins English Dictionary
  5. townie: Vocabulary.com
  6. Townie, townie: Wordnik
  7. townie: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. townie: Wiktionary
  9. townie: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. townie (towny): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. townie: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. townie: Dictionary.com
  13. Townie (disambiguation), Townie: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. townie: Rhymezone
  15. townie: Free Dictionary
  16. townie: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. townie: Dictionary/thesaurus

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. townie: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. townie: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. American-Australian Slang Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Townie(PUG!!!), Townie (scum): Urban Dictionary

(Note: See townies as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Townie)

noun:  (UK, US) A person living in a university area who is not associated with the university.
noun:  (UK) A person who has moved from a town or city to a rural area. Especially, one who is perceived not to have adopted rural ways.
noun:  (UK) A person familiar with the town (urbanised centre of a city) and with going out on the town; a street-wise person.
noun:  (UK, derogatory) A chav.
noun:  (US) A working-class citizen in a metropolitan area.
noun:  (UK, Australia, New Zealand, informal) A person who lives in a city or town, or has an urban outlook.
noun:  A person from Charlestown, Massachusetts, (especially) a working-class person of Irish American heritage.

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