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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.


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

Many Americans hold the sincere belief that, for instance, every Californian is a San Francisco liberal and every Texan is a right-wing Dallas suburbanite.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 24, 2022

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

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

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