Suburbanite
//səˈbɝ.bə.naɪt// noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Someone who lives in the suburbs. informal
"Don't call me a suburbanite just because I live in Oak Grove!"
- 2 a resident of a suburb wordnet
Example
More examples"Lots of people who have heard of Betty Friedan misstate her place in history. She was not a man-hater, not a bra-burner, not a sexual confrontationist, touting the birth-control pill. A suburbanite, wife and mother, she would be forced out of the National Organization for Women, which she co-founded, for being too conservative."
Etymology
From suburban + -ite.
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