Urbanite

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who lives in a city or similar urban area.

    "But an electric car doesn’t make sense for individual urbanites. Few of them drive enough."

  2. 2
    Rock-like recycled building material from man-made sources. countable, uncountable

    "In Eugene, Oregon, Rob Bolman received a building permit for a straw bale house with a foundation made of stacked urbanite with a cement-sand mortar and a poured concrete bond beam on top."

  3. 3
    One of a demographic class of young, socially-conscious, urban professionals.

Synonyms

All synonyms
big-city manbourgeoisburgessburghercity dwellercity man

Example

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"Unfriendly urbanite thinking has spread to the far reaches of the Earth."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From urban + -ite (“resident of a particular area”).

Etymology 2

From urban + -ite (“rock or mineral”).

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