suburbanite
/səˈbɝ.bə.naɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Don't call me a suburbanite just because I live in Oak Grove!"
- "I would suggest that we give the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company a chance to correct the existing faults before condemning the scheme. A SUBURBANITE."
- "The line was doubled in the nineties and Hillfoot station added for suburbanites in 1900."
- "Today’s affluent suburbanites might resent the suggestion that they’re guilty of racial animus, but they’re entirely comfortable with being accused of colorblind class prejudice."
- "Then there’s the problem of charging EVs. Suburbanites with home garages can install chargers, but the lack of public chargers on city streets hasn’t become a major issue yet only because so few people own EVs."
Etymology
Etymology tree English suburban Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēslbor. French -iteder. English -ite English suburbanite From suburban + -ite.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /səˈbɝ.bə.naɪt/