Manhattanite

American  

[man-hat-n-ahyt, muhn-] / mænˈhæt nˌaɪt, mən- /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Manhattanite

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

Example Sentences

As a former East Coaster and Manhattanite, the fantasy of driving the Pacific Coast Highway had always held some mythical allure.

From New York Times

Federalists, typified by Manhattanite Alexander Hamilton, desired a restless, churning urban nation and opposed the Jeffersonian vision of a republic of rural yeomen.

From Washington Post

For Manhattanite Josh Spodek, that has meant going without a refrigerator, which he identified as the biggest source of electrical use in his Greenwich Village apartment.

From Seattle Times

We see it happening to a Black woman who is enslaved on an 1800s plantation on FX on Hulu's "Kindred," and to an upper-class white Manhattanite living in the recent past, on FX on Hulu's "Fleishman is in Trouble."

From Salon

A lifelong Manhattanite who made her name as a reporter for Newsday and later as a freelance writer for publications like The New York Times and the food, wine and travel magazine Saveur, Ms. De Silva was less interested in hot trends and buzzy restaurants than in the culinary byways and subcultures that undergirded a community, and in the way a place’s history could be understood through its food.

From New York Times