suburban
[suh-bur-buh n]
- pertaining to, inhabiting, or being in a suburb or the suburbs of a city or town.
- characteristic of a suburb or suburbs.
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- a suburbanite.
- a short overcoat for casual wear.
- station wagon.
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Origin of suburban
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Contemporary Examples
Set among the vacant houses of suburban New Mexico, the film offers a bleak perspective on the possibility of growth and renewal.
Three months of despair were ignited in suburban Missouri when officer Darren Wilson was told he would walk free.
At the same time though, I am a white male from a suburban upper-middle-class upbringing.
This demographic reality means that whoever wins the suburban vote in 2016 and beyond will inherit the political future.
But the best way to see the suburban impact is to look at the House races.
Historical Examples
We found the worst: a suburban meadow inhabited by goats and buffaloes.
It Happened in EgyptC. N. Williamson
It was their Metropolitan, Suburban, and Brooklyn rolled into one.
Old Man CurryCharles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
Was that "something" walking in the dark among the suburban hills?
Howards EndE. M. Forster
On the suburban lines the first class are about as good as our second.
Six Letters From the ColoniesRobert Seaton
The Gordons returned to their suburban Boston home wiser than they left it.
suburban
- 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
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- another word for suburbanite
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Word Origin and History for suburban
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