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rurbanites

rurbanites is the plural of rurbanite.

Meaning of rurbanite

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

Questions about rurbanites

What is rurbanites the plural of?
Rurbanites is the plural of rurbanite.

Words near rurbanites in the dictionary

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

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