Middletown

¹

[ mid-l-toun ]

noun

, (sometimes lowercase)

1. a typical American town or small city with traditional values and mores.

Middletown

²

[ mid-l-toun ]

noun

1. a township in E New Jersey.
2. a city in SW Ohio, on the Miami River.
3. a city in central Connecticut, on the Connecticut River.
4. a city in SE New York.
5. a town in SE Rhode Island.
6. a town in E Pennsylvania.

Other Words From

• Middle·towner noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Middletown¹

After a pseudonymously named town studied in a book with the same title (1929) by U.S. sociologists Robert S. Lynd (1892–1970) and Helen Merrell Lynd (1896–1982); the town actually studied was Muncie, Ind.

Example Sentences

When you think of a ski town, chances are you probably aren’t imagining places like Middletown, Connecticut, or Burton, Michigan.

From Outside Online

MOT Charter School, a K-8 school in Middletown, Delaware, also used antigen tests to prevent coronavirus spread after vacations.

From Popular-Science

In 2014, a tiny number of technicians and mechanics who maintained order-fulfillment equipment at a distribution center in Middletown, Delaware participated in the first-ever unionization vote at an Amazon warehouse.

From Time

A reporter with the Middletown Times Herald  found her “distinctly feminine.”

From The Daily Beast

Like those in Middletown, most are also facing a Catch 22: the stagnant economy blew a hole in their budgets.

From The Daily Beast

A mother of four who lives in Middletown, Md., McKenzie joined Solavei when a friend posted about the company on Facebook.

From The Daily Beast

Adjacent to it, and which will eventually become amalgamated, is Middletown, laid off directly in the rear.

From Project Gutenberg

But standing there and looking east, it seems as if a strong armed man might cast a stone upon Middletown, hundreds of feet below.

From Project Gutenberg

The latter wheeled their horses, used spur and voice, outstripped a shower of bullets and reached Middletown.

From Project Gutenberg

The Confederate advance, it was evident, would strike the pike at Middletown in less than fifteen minutes.

From Project Gutenberg

In the dust and uproar, the blare and panic, he was aware that he was moving toward Middletown where they were fighting.

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