Manhattanite
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Manhattanite
Example Sentences
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An attractive, confident Manhattanite with a full schedule of activism, classes and volunteering, she radicalizes Bob, taking him to civil rights speeches.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024
“I admire Flaco because he had a big dream, he believed in himself and he followed his heart,” Big Bird, a longtime Manhattanite, said in an email.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2024
Though she spent part of her childhood in New Jersey and attended the Buxton School in Williamstown, Mass., Ms. Mackler was a die-hard Manhattanite.
From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2024
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 • Apr. 14, 2023
The Manhattanite knows him to be wrong by a matter of three thousand and some odd miles.
From Fifth Avenue by Maurice, Arthur Bartlett
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