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rurbanite

rurbanite noun: a person who lives in a rurban area; someone who lives in the country but works in the city.

Noun

rurbanite (plural rurbanites)

  1. A person who lives in a rurban area; someone who lives in the country but works in the city.
    • If you're a farmer in any Connecticut community the chances are that your next-door neighbor is a "rurbanite." He lives in the country. He may call his home a "farm," but he gets most of his income selling insurance, or working as a toolmaker in a brass factory, or teaching school or working on the...1950 March 5, Frank Atwood, “Rurbanites”, in The Hartford Courant
    • The average citizen is now a "rurbanite," owning a house on the outskirts of a city in an area where town and countryside have fused into TV-land.1987, Flora Lewis, Europe: A Tapestry of Nations, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 109

Examples of rurbanite in a sentence

  • If you're a farmer in any Connecticut community the chances are that your next-door neighbor is a "rurbanite." He lives in the country.1950 March 5, Frank Atwood, “Rurbanites”, in The Hartford Courant:
  • These “rurbanites” usually have to take the car to reach the neighboring woods.2009, Intermediate Natures: The Landscapes of Michel Desvigne, Birkhäuser, →ISBN, page 63:

Forms of rurbanite

pluralrurbanites

Origin of rurbanite

From rurban + -ite.

Questions about rurbanite

What does rurbanite mean?
Rurbanite means a person who lives in a rurban area; someone who lives in the country but works in the city.
How do you use rurbanite in a sentence?
If you're a farmer in any Connecticut community the chances are that your next-door neighbor is a "rurbanite." He lives in the country.
What part of speech is rurbanite?
Rurbanite is a noun.
What is the plural of rurbanite?
The plural of rurbanite is rurbanites.

Words near rurbanite in the dictionary

  1. rurban fringe
  2. rurban fringes
  3. rurbanism
  4. rurbanist
  5. rurbanists
  6. rurbanite
  7. rurbanites
  8. rurbanization
  9. rurbanize
  10. rurbanized
  11. rurbanizes

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