urbanite
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See also: urbanité
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
urban + -ite (“resident of a particular area”)
Noun[edit]
urbanite (plural urbanites)
- Someone who lives in a city or similar urban area.
- Synonyms: city slicker, urban dweller, (UK) townie
- Coordinate terms: ex-urbanite, exurbanite, suburbanite
- One of a demographic class of young, socially-conscious, urban professionals.
Translations[edit]
someone who lives in a city or similar urban area
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demographic class of young, socially-conscious, urban professional
Etymology 2[edit]
urban + -ite (“rock or mineral”)
Noun[edit]
urbanite (plural urbanites)
Translations[edit]
rock-like recycled building material
Further reading[edit]
- “urbanite”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “urbanite”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “urbanite”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “urbanite”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.