Manhattanite

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

noun

a native or inhabitant of the borough of Manhattan.

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Origin of Manhattanite

An Americanism dating back to 1945–50; Manhattan + -ite¹

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Examples from the Web for manhattanite

Contemporary Examples

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
Meet “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
For a Manhattanite who was up to then a pretty standard liberal, he did something unusual.
Ed Koch
Michael Tomasky
February 1, 2013

Historical Examples

The Manhattanite knows him to be wrong by a matter of three thousand and some odd miles.
Fifth Avenue
Arthur Bartlett Maurice