urbanite

[ur-buh-nahyt]

noun

1. a resident of a city or urban community.

urbanite

/ ˈɜːbəˌnaɪt /

noun

1. a resident of an urban community; city dweller

Other Word Forms

• nonurbanite noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of urbanite¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; urban + -ite ¹

Related Words

• citizen 
• dweller 
• inhabitant 
• inmate 
• local 
• native 
• resident 
• tenant