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urbanite

[ ur-buh-nahyt ]
/ ˈɜr bəˌnaɪt /
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noun

a resident of a city or urban community.

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RELATED WORDS

dweller, settler, colonist, inmate, occupant, citizen, inhabitant, local, tenant, native, voter, civilian, resident, national, taxpayer, villager, lodger, incumbent, lessee, denizen

Nearby words

  1. urbanely,
  2. urbanisation,
  3. urbanism,
  4. urbanist,
  5. urbanistic,
  6. urbanity,
  7. urbanization,
  8. urbanize,
  9. urbanized,
  10. urbanology

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

/ (ˈɜːbəˌnaɪt) /

noun

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

urbanite

n.

1897, from urban + -ite.

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