Quarterite

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An inhabitant of a particular quarter.

    "The word that Ambrose Gring, formerly a quarterite and, according to the latest papers, one of the picture bandits, had died and that murder was suspected had permeated every nook of Montparnasse."

Example

More examples

"The word that Ambrose Gring, formerly a quarterite and, according to the latest papers, one of the picture bandits, had died and that murder was suspected had permeated every nook of Montparnasse."

Etymology

From quarter + -ite.

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