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duplex apartment

American  

noun

  1. an apartment with rooms on two connected floors.


duplex apartment British  

noun

  1. an apartment on two floors

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of duplex apartment

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40

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Billionaire Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin has reportedly expanded his enormous international property portfolio with the addition of a $38 million duplex apartment inside a storied New York City apartment building.

From MarketWatch Apr. 22, 2026

In early March, I defended my PhD dissertation to a crowd of professors, and, days later, we hosted a baby shower in our cramped duplex apartment.

From Salon Mar. 27, 2022

Built in 1931, this three-story, 2,688-square-foot building in Cobble Hill has one ground-floor commercial unit and one rent-stabilized three-bedroom duplex apartment on the upper floors.

From New York Times Feb. 15, 2022

The fire started on the second and third floors of the building in a duplex apartment in the Tremont section of the Bronx, the New York Times reported.

From Fox News Jan. 9, 2022

And in time, we had six children; moved from the shotgun to a duplex apartment to a house, and lived the dream—high school football on Friday nights.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

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