Harlemite

[ hahr-luh-mahyt ]

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Harlem.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Harlemite¹

First recorded in 1885–90; Harlem + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

Q: The role of Inez — a no-nonsense Harlemite — in “A Thousand and One” feels like it was written with you in mind.

From Washington Post

The most definitive and clarifying statement on his Southern heritage and identity occurred in an interview with renowned psychologist and fellow Harlemite Kenneth B. Clark the following year.

From Washington Post

Debuting in the 1970s were characters such as Storm, the mutant goddess most known as a member of Marvel’s X-Men; Luke Cage, Marvel’s formerly imprisoned Black Harlemite with superhuman strength and nearly impenetrable skin; Shang-Chi, the master martial artist who is among the first Asian Marvel superheroes; and Red Wolf, the expert archer and first Native American Marvel superhero.

From Seattle Times

Now, Trotter, an M.C. who rapped in one of those unreleased songs that he was “Black as a Renaissance Harlemite,” is helping to reimagine the 1931 satirical novel “Black No More,” by George S. Schuyler, a Harlem Renaissance novelist, journalist and critic, as a musical.

From New York Times

Ms. Jordan, too, has deep roots in the area, describing herself as a third-generation Harlemite.

From New York Times