Manhattanite
[ man-hat-n-ahyt, muh n- ]
/ mænˈhæt nˌaɪt, mən- /
noun
a native or inhabitant of the borough of Manhattan.
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Example sentences from the Web for manhattanite
While quick on his feet, funny, pointed and well-read, Stewart is a Manhattanite through and through.
Jon Stewart and 'Meet The Press' Would Have Been One Unhappy Marriage|Lloyd Grove|October 9, 2014|DAILY BEASTMeet “Ford Nation,” where 15-year-olds call the shots and the rest of us are just “Manhattanite hipsters.”
Inside the Wild World of Crack-Smoking Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s Facebook Defenders|Gideon Resnick|December 26, 2013|DAILY BEASTFor a Manhattanite who was up to then a pretty standard liberal, he did something unusual.
The Manhattanite knows him to be wrong by a matter of three thousand and some odd miles.
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