A person who resides in a suburb. Frequently depreciative in later use, implying a dull ordinariness or lack of sophistication.
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释义 | society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [noun] > inhabitant of suburbs (5) suburban1468 A person who resides in a suburb. Frequently depreciative in later use, implying a dull ordinariness or lack of sophistication. suburbian1606 A person who resides in a suburb. Now also: a resident of suburbia. suburbanite1855 A person who lives in a suburb. Frequently depreciative, implying a certain narrow-mindedness and lack of metropolitan sophistication. Cf. urbanite… Metrolander1926 An inhabitant of London's Metroland. subtopian1958 A resident of subtopia; a person with the outlook or attitudes considered characteristic of subtopia. |
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