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urbanite

[ ur-buh-nahyt ]
/ ˈɜr bəˌnaɪt /
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noun

a resident of a city or urban community.

RELATED WORDS

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

Nearby words

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

Origin of urbanite

First recorded in 1895–1900; urban + -ite1

Related forms

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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