suburbanite
pronunciation
How to pronounce suburbanite in British English:
UK [səˈbɜ:bənaɪt]
How to pronounce suburbanite in American English:
US [səˈbɜrbənaɪt]
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- Noun:
- a resident of a suburb
Word Origin
- suburbanite (n.)
- 1862, from suburban + -ite (1). Middle English used suburban (n.) in this sense (mid-14c.). An Old English word for "suburbanites" was underburhware.
Example
- 1. In old age she sometimes seemed just another rich white suburbanite , comfortably behind her security fence , sighing over her whisky and soda about " that president of ours " .