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suburbanite

[ suh-bur-buh-nahyt ]

/ səˈbɜr bəˌnaɪt /

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noun

a person who lives in a suburb of a city or large town.

Origin of suburbanite

First recorded in 1885–90; suburban + -ite¹

Words nearby suburbanite

subungual, subunit, subunit vaccine, suburb, suburban, suburbanite, suburbanization, suburbanize, suburbia, suburbicarian, subvaginal

Example sentences from the Web for suburbanite

I expect he was hoping I'd be shocked, because I am only a suburbanite.

I'm Not The Sort of Man Who Goes To Prostitutes |Louis Bernières |October 18, 2008 |DAILY BEAST
The railway, the trolley, the automobile and the top buggy have transformed him into a suburbanite.

The Romance of the Reaper |Herbert Newton Casson
The “literary worker” and the “suburbanite” particularly will enjoy the book.

The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker |John Strange Winter
It was then that the chiens de faience, which the smug Paris suburbanite of to-day so loves, were born.

Royal Palaces and Parks of France |Milburg Francisco Mansfield

To the suburbanite who comes home after each day's work, the dinner is likely to seem as important as his spouse.

Comrade Yetta |Albert Edwards
Under the night sky the suburbanite stands in the moonlight.

Marching Men |Sherwood Anderson

British Dictionary definitions for suburbanite

suburbanite

/ (səˈbɜːbəˌnaɪt) /

noun

a person who lives in a suburb