suburban

[ suh-bur-buh n ]

/ səˈbɜr bən /

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adjective

pertaining to, inhabiting, or being in a suburb or the suburbs of a city or town.

characteristic of a suburb or suburbs.

noun

a suburbanite.

a short overcoat for casual wear.

station wagon.

RELATED WORDS

rural, country

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Origin of suburban

1615–25; < Latin suburbānus, equivalent to sub- sub- + urb(s) city + -ānus -an

Related formssub·ur·ban·ism, nounnon·sub·ur·ban, adjective, nounsem·i·sub·ur·ban, adjectiveun·sub·ur·ban, adjective

Can be confusedrural suburban urban (see synonym study at rural)

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Examples from the Web for suburban

Set among the vacant houses of suburban New Mexico, the film offers a bleak perspective on the possibility of growth and renewal.
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Three months of despair were ignited in suburban Missouri when officer Darren Wilson was told he would walk free.
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This demographic reality means that whoever wins the suburban vote in 2016 and beyond will inherit the political future.
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But the best way to see the suburban impact is to look at the House races.
The Progressives’ War on Suburbia|Joel Kotkin|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

A food court in a suburban mall seemed like a good place to meet Ed the Sock.
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Here is the most famous and most picturesque fish-market of all suburban Venice.
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For themselves or their children their goal is the open country beyond the suburban fringe.
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Down past the terminal and out the Suburban track, bedraggled and undaunted, stalks the vagabond along the way of knowledge.
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So they rocked through the ill-paved streets of Moscow, and rushed the suburban barricade without mishap.
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He had drawn down a yellow blind, on which was painted a picture of a suburban cemetery.
Mark Rutherford's Deliverance|Mark Rutherford

British Dictionary definitions for suburban

suburban

/ (səˈbɜːbən) /

adjective

of, relating to, situated in, or inhabiting a suburb or the suburbs

characteristic of or typifying a suburb or the suburbs

censorious narrow or unadventurous in outlook

noun

another word for suburbanite

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Word Origin and History for suburban

suburban

adj.

1620s, from suburb + -an.

suburban

adjective

noun

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adjective

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