Middletown

[ mid-l-toun ]

/ ˈmɪd lˌtaʊn /

noun (sometimes lowercase)

a typical American town or small city with traditional values and mores.

Origin of Middletown

after a pseudonymously named town studied in a book with the same title (1929) by U.S. sociologists Robert S. Lynd (1892–1970) and Helen Merrell Lynd (1896–1982); the town actually studied was Muncie, Ind.

Related forms

Mid·dle·town·er, noun

Definition for middletown (2 of 2)

Middletown

[ mid-l-toun ]

/ ˈmɪd lˌtaʊn /

noun

a township in E New Jersey.

a city in SW Ohio, on the Miami River.

a city in central Connecticut, on the Connecticut River.

a city in SE New York.

a town in SE Rhode Island.

a town in E Pennsylvania.

Examples from the Web for middletown

A reporter with the Middletown Times Herald found her “distinctly feminine.”
The Myth of Jackie Mitchell, the Girl Who Struck Out Ruth and Gehrig|Adam Doster|May 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Like those in Middletown, most are also facing a Catch 22: the stagnant economy blew a hole in their budgets.
Can Libraries Survive in an Era of Budget Cutbacks?|Miranda Green|February 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A mother of four who lives in Middletown, Md., McKenzie joined Solavei when a friend posted about the company on Facebook.
Mobile Telephone Startup Solavei Avoids Ads, Relies on Customers for Sales Leads|Miranda Green|October 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
About noon I was ordered to march upon the latter road to Middletown.
Military Reminiscences of the Civil War V1|Jacob Dolson Cox

Elizabethtown, about fifty houses; Middletown, about an hundred houses.
Historic Highways of America (Vol. 12)|Archer Butler Hulbert
In the city newspaper he came in conflict with interests which, while at Middletown, he did not know even existed.
Cox--The Man|Roger W. Babson
Appointed chairman of committee to lay out the bounds of Middletown.
Log-book of Timothy Boardman|Samuel W Boardman
He was mayor of the city of Middletown, and held other offices of local trust.
Foot-prints of a letter carrier|James Rees