(n) United States social reformer who proposed an old-age pension sponsored by the federal government; his plan was a precursor to Social Security (1867-1960), Syn. Francis Everett Townsend
(n) dwarf tufted nearly stemless herb having a rosette of woolly leaves and large white-rayed flower heads and bristly achenes; central Canada and United States west to Arizona, Syn. Townsendia Exscapa, stemless daisy
(n) largest hare of northern plains and western mountains of United States; brownish-grey in summer and pale grey in winter; tail nearly always all white, Syn. Lepus townsendi, whitetail jackrabbit