urbanite
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- nonurbanite noun
Etymology
Origin of urbanite
Example Sentences
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Every urbanite knows that a variety of disparate worlds and cultures often exist within the same city’s limits and that for reasons practical and shameful some people never venture into certain neighborhoods.
From Salon • Jan. 8, 2025
Though this is a story about an urbanite plunging into treacherous conditions, the camping itself appears easy.
From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2023
“So you’re a part-time urbanite, part-time road guardian or whatever?”
From Slate • Jan. 29, 2022
The upper Hudson Valley was once a bit of a backwater, or as one urbanite put it: “Sleepy in the summer, dismal in the winter.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2021
An urbanite now, Jesse browsed discount book stores.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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