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suburbanite

US/səˈbɝ.bə.naɪt/

suburbanite noun: someone who lives in the suburbs.

Noun

suburbanite (plural suburbanites)

  1. (informal) Someone who lives in the suburbs.
    • Don't call me a suburbanite just because I live in Oak Grove!
    • I would suggest that we give the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company a chance to correct the existing faults before condemning the scheme. A SUBURBANITE.1899 November 10, “Would Give Plan a Chance.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    suburbian

Examples of suburbanite in a sentence

  • The line was doubled in the nineties and Hillfoot station added for suburbanites in 1900.1959 October, G. H. Robin, “Railways to Helensburgh—a pre-electrification prospect”, in Trains Illustated, page 541:
  • Today’s affluent suburbanites might resent the suggestion that they’re guilty of racial animus, but they’re entirely comfortable with being accused of colorblind class prejudice.2023 July 15, Reihan Salam, “Why YIMBY Righteousness Backfires”, in The Atlantic:
  • Suburbanites with home garages can install chargers, but the lack of public chargers on city streets hasn’t become a major issue yet only because so few people own EVs.2024 January 18, Simon Kuper, “Electric cars are not the future”, in Financial Times:

Synonyms of suburbanite

Forms of suburbanite

pluralsuburbanites

Origin of suburbanite

From suburban + -ite.

Questions about suburbanite

What does suburbanite mean?
Suburbanite means someone who lives in the suburbs.
How do you use suburbanite in a sentence?
The line was doubled in the nineties and Hillfoot station added for suburbanites in 1900.
What part of speech is suburbanite?
Suburbanite is a noun.
How do you pronounce suburbanite?
Suburbanite is pronounced /səˈbɝ.bə.naɪt/ (US).
What is the plural of suburbanite?
The plural of suburbanite is suburbanites.

Words near suburbanite in the dictionary

  1. suburbanised
  2. suburbanises
  3. suburbanising
  4. suburbanism
  5. suburbanisms
  6. suburbanite
  7. suburbanites
  8. suburbanities
  9. suburbanitis
  10. suburbanity
  11. suburbanization

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