market town

noun

: a usually small town that has the privilege of holding a public market at stated times

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The 800-year-old market town Elsinore is a gateway and home to the UNESCO World Heritage List Kronborg Castle, the impressive setting for Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025 Make your way to this inland market town filled with Moorish architectural influence, a bustling Friday market, and plenty of shops selling local jewelry and ceramics. Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025 Location: Calcot sits just three miles from the pretty market town of Tetbury. Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025 What to do: Make your home base in Mirepoix, a medieval market town that has given its name to the art of dicing vegetables and gently cooking them. Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 24 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for market town

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of market town was in the 15th century

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“Market town.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/market%20town. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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