Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A city dweller.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A member of the pyroxene group intermediate between diopside and acmite. It occurs in brown pyramidal crystals at Långban, Sweden.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Rock -likerecycled building material from man-made sources. - noun Someone who lives in a
city or similarurban area . - noun One of a
demographic class of young, socially-conscious, urbanprofessionals .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Joe, if you are wondering why you are breathing a sigh of relief the last few weeks, since Obama has been elected, is it really so complicated as an "urbanite" as been elected?
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Did it really take the self-labeling of "urbanite" for you to claim the relief you feel?
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TNG: You're being cast as an "urbanite" who is unable to connect with rural people.
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TNG: You're being cast as an "urbanite" who is unable to connect with rural people.
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TNG: You're being cast as an "urbanite" who is unable to connect with rural people.
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TNG: You're being cast as an "urbanite" who is unable to connect with rural people.
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The new Reform Party of Ontario also plans to run a candidate, with party leader Brad Harness slamming Tory as an "urbanite" who won't appeal to "big C" Conservatives.
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They are right to be scared because they will feel the impact the most; way much more than any urbanite or socioeconomic ‘a-tier’ folks who get to see or post on this page.
Matthew Yglesias » Arctic Seabed Methane Stores Destabilizing 2010
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Fear not, green urbanite, with enough practice you'll know exactly what to do.
Lesley Ryder: How to Cross the Street -- A Beginner's Guide Lesley Ryder 2011
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Fear not, green urbanite, with enough practice you'll know exactly what to do.
Lesley Ryder: How to Cross the Street -- A Beginner's Guide Lesley Ryder 2011
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