urbanite
See also: urbanité
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom urban + -ite (“resident of a particular area”).
Noun
editurbanite (plural urbanites)
- Someone who lives in a city or similar urban area.
- Synonyms: city slicker, urban dweller, (UK) townie
- Coordinate terms: ex-urbanite, exurbanite, suburbanite
- One of a demographic class of young, socially-conscious, urban professionals.
Translations
editsomeone who lives in a city or similar urban area
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demographic class of young, socially-conscious, urban professional
Etymology 2
editFrom urban + -ite (“rock or mineral”).
Noun
editurbanite (plural urbanites)
Translations
editrock-like recycled building material
Further reading
edit- “urbanite”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “urbanite”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “urbanite”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “urbanite”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.