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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

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

Before he found his footing there, he suspected — not incorrectly, Ms. Bowens said — that he came across as an overeager suburbanite.

From New York Times Dec. 11, 2020

A deceased inventor’s unfinished creation becomes an instant celebrity when a cheery suburbanite brings him home.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2019

They wouldn’t even recognize Megan the happily married suburbanite.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

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