Uptowner

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who comes from uptown.

    "There was a healthy crowd: a mix of what looked like well-heeled uptowners, scruffy Brooklyn bohemians and clean-scrubbed Asian art students."

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"There was a healthy crowd: a mix of what looked like well-heeled uptowners, scruffy Brooklyn bohemians and clean-scrubbed Asian art students."

Etymology

From uptown + -er.

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