Breadcrumb Home > Dictionary > Index T Townshend Acts: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: Town'shend Acts' Pronunciation: (toun'zund), [key] — Amer. Hist. Amer. Hist. acts of the British Parliament in 1767, esp. the act that placed duties on tea, paper, lead, paint, etc., imported into the American colonies. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. townsfolk township TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about. Hanukkah Origins of the Christmas Holiday Jewish Holidays, 2010-2030 (A.M. 5770-5791) Western Christian Holidays, 2010-2030 Krampus: The Christmas Devil Kwanzaa ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: praedial Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language