suburbanite

[suh-bur-buh-nahyt]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of suburbanite¹

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

Example Sentences

She herself insisted she had been a relatively normal suburbanite before joining the leftist underground.

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We imagine the average boomer as a wealthy, conservative, out-of-touch white suburbanite largely unsympathetic to millennial and Gen Z money troubles.

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The best sequence in the whole film is their encounter with two posh suburbanites who simply can’t imagine they’re in danger, bounding right up to them like the Galapagos Islands’ blue-footed boobies.

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White suburbanites are breaking for Vice President Kamala Harris, or not.

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In this very tight race, Trump is depending on making inroads among Latino voters to make up for his losses among white college-educated suburbanites.

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