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Synonyms

suburbanite

American  
[suh-bur-buh-nahyt] / səˈbɜr bəˌnaɪt /

noun

  1. a person who lives in a suburb of a city or large town.


suburbanite British  
/ səˈbɜːbəˌnaɪt /

noun

  1. a person who lives in a suburb

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Etymology

Origin of suburbanite

First recorded in 1885–90; suburban + -ite 1

Example Sentences

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“I was a suburbanite kid who got a dose of exposure to what was happening to black Americans in my own city.”

From Washington Times • Jul. 25, 2023

To prep for the wealthy, intentionally oblivious suburbanite whose life unravels at a startling pace after her husband dies, Britton watched “The Real Housewives of New Jersey.”

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2023

She added that as her children grew up and learned who they wanted to be in life, “I learned who I wasn’t — one of those card-playing, country-club suburbanite ladies.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2021

One suggested that “Jeff Bezos wearing a cowboy hat is the final form of every suburbanite who drives an F150.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 20, 2021

And it’s me alone, Ed Kennedy, a less than ordinary suburbanite, who has the chance to end it.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak