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urbanite

[ ur-buh-nahyt ]
/ ˈɜr bəˌnaɪt /
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noun

a resident of a city or urban community.

Words related to urbanite

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

Words nearby urbanite

urbandale, urbane, urbanism, urbanist, urbanistic, urbanite, urbanity, urbanization, urbanize, urbanology, urbi et orbi

Origin of urbanite

First recorded in 1895–1900; urban + -ite1

OTHER WORDS FROM urbanite

non·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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