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urbanite

[ur-buh-nahyt]
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noun
  1. a resident of a city or urban community.
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Origin of urbanite

First recorded in 1895–1900; urban + -ite1
Related formsnon·ur·ban·ite, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for urbanite

urbanite

noun
  1. a resident of an urban community; city dweller
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Word Origin and History for urbanite

n.

1897, from urban + -ite.

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