urbanite

noun

ur·​ban·​ite ˈər-bə-ˌnīt How to pronounce urbanite (audio)
: a person who lives in a city

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What resulted is a chamber piece about a dispirited urbanite named Yvonne (Chao) who retreats to a country house where her friend (Hernandez) is residing with a couple (Harris and Cusati-Moyer) who rattle off crunchy platitudes about mugwort, organic produce, and the restorative power of a sunrise. Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025 This cut off healthy green space access for millions of urbanites, hiking and cycling enthusiasts and children denied the fun of playing in nature. Jamie Gold, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025 Suburban-style living has the benefit of being quieter, greener and typically offering amenities like community recreation centers less available to urbanites. Jamie Gold, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025 Either way, their biological legacies were in fact extinguished: imperial Roman urbanites left little detectable genetic trace in subsequent Europeans. Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for urbanite

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First Known Use

1897, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of urbanite was in 1897

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“Urbanite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urbanite. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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urbanite

noun
ur·​ban·​ite ˈər-bə-ˌnīt How to pronounce urbanite (audio)
: one living in a city

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