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summerite

summerite noun: a summer vacationer; a person visiting a place during the summer (as opposed to one who lives there throughout the year).

Noun

summerite (plural summerites)

  1. (US, dated) A summer vacationer; a person visiting a place during the summer (as opposed to one who lives there throughout the year).
    • This bag has an overlapping flap which buttons up, and is possibly intended for those summerites who will visit out of the way places.1896 July 9, The American Stationer, page 61
    • “Well, Joe, how d’ you feel about hitting the trail, and getting away from these darn soft summerites and these women and all?”1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 25, in Babbitt, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 298

Forms of summerite

pluralsummerites

Origin of summerite

From summer + -ite.

Questions about summerite

What does summerite mean?
Summerite means a summer vacationer; a person visiting a place during the summer (as opposed to one who lives there throughout the year).
What part of speech is summerite?
Summerite is a noun.
What is the plural of summerite?
The plural of summerite is summerites.

Words near summerite in the dictionary

  1. summering
  2. summering and wintering
  3. summerings
  4. summerish
  5. summerishness
  6. summerite
  7. summerites
  8. summerization
  9. summerizations
  10. summerize
  11. summerized

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