Rurbanite

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who lives in a rurban area; someone who lives in the country but works in the city.

    "If you're a farmer in any Connecticut community the chances are that your next-door neighbor is a "rurbanite." He lives in the country. He may call his home a "farm," but he gets most of his income selling insurance, or working as a toolmaker in a brass factory, or teaching school or working on the road for the State Highway Department."

Synonyms

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rurbanist

Example

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"If you're a farmer in any Connecticut community the chances are that your next-door neighbor is a "rurbanite." He lives in the country. He may call his home a "farm," but he gets most of his income selling insurance, or working as a toolmaker in a brass factory, or teaching school or working on the road for the State Highway Department."

Etymology

From rurban + -ite.

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