Manhattanite

[ man-hat-n-ahyt, muhn- ]

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of the borough of Manhattan.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Manhattanite¹

An Americanism dating back to 1945–50; Manhattan + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

While quick on his feet, funny, pointed and well-read, Stewart is a Manhattanite through and through.

From The Daily Beast

Meet “Ford Nation,” where 15-year-olds call the shots and the rest of us are just “Manhattanite hipsters.”

From The Daily Beast

For a Manhattanite who was up to then a pretty standard liberal, he did something unusual.

From The Daily Beast

In short, Terminatrix portrays Palin as every blue-blooded Manhattanite's flyover nightmare.

From The Daily Beast

The Manhattanite knows him to be wrong by a matter of three thousand and some odd miles.

From Project Gutenberg