Gothamite

British  

/ ˈɡɒθəˌmaɪt /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of New York City

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Etymology

Origin of Gothamite

C20: from Gotham , a nickname for New York City

Example Sentences

Bon vivant and wit Seamus O’Sullivan, a longtime staff writer of the Gothamite: Might this be Brendan Gill of the New Yorker?

From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2015

While he serenades Manhattan with a smitten rendition of Cole Porter’s “I Happen to Like New York,” he lets us know that even as a Gothamite, he remains an easygoing, outdoors-loving Aussie.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2011

I wish the Cap'n would invite old Greeley on board his boat in New York," said the Gothamite, "and then run him off to Charleston.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 by Various

It may even be doubted, by those who have read it, whether “cutting blocks with a razor” is such a Gothamite proceeding as it is sometimes held to be.

From Matthew Arnold by Saintsbury, George

Yet all that are worth reproducing in a work of this description will be found in the chapters entitled "Gothamite Drolleries," of which they form, indeed, but a small portion.

From The Book of Noodles Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies by Clouston, William Alexander