"suburbanite" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sə.ˈbɜ˞.bə.naɪt/ [General-American] Forms: suburbanites [plural]
Etymology: suburban + -ite Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|suburban|ite}} suburban + -ite Head templates: {{en-noun}} suburbanite (plural suburbanites)
  1. (informal) Someone who lives in the suburbs. Tags: informal Categories (topical): People Synonyms: suburbian Translations (someone who dwells in suburbia): forens [masculine] (Dutch), lähiöasukas (Finnish), banlieusard [masculine] (French), banlieusarde [feminine] (French), Vorstädter [masculine] (German), Vorstädterin [feminine] (German), fo-bhailteach [masculine] (Irish), bruachbhailteach [masculine] (Irish), borgataro [masculine] (Italian), borgatara [feminine] (Italian), suburbānus [masculine] (Latin), fo-valjagh [masculine] (Manx), mieszkaniec przedmieścia [masculine] (Polish), mahalagiu [masculine] (Romanian), mahalagioaică [feminine] (Romanian)

Inflected forms

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