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quarterite

quarterite noun: an inhabitant of a particular quarter.

Noun

quarterite (plural quarterites)

  1. An inhabitant of a particular quarter.
    • The word that Ambrose Gring, formerly a quarterite and, according to the latest papers, one of the picture bandits, had died and that murder was suspected had permeated every nook of Montparnasse.1939, Elliot Paul, The Mysterious Mickey Finn, Dover, published 2014, page 101
    • At Bourbon, Ignatius turned and began walking up toward Canal through the night's parade of tourists and Quarterites, among whom he did not look particularly strange.1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing), →ISBN

Forms of quarterite

pluralquarterites

Origin of quarterite

From quarter + -ite.

Questions about quarterite

What does quarterite mean?
Quarterite means an inhabitant of a particular quarter.
What part of speech is quarterite?
Quarterite is a noun.
What is the plural of quarterite?
The plural of quarterite is quarterites.

Words near quarterite in the dictionary

  1. quarterhorses
  2. quartering
  3. quartering block
  4. quartering blocks
  5. quarterings
  6. quarterite
  7. quarterites
  8. quarterization
  9. quarterize
  10. quarterized
  11. quarterizes

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