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exurbanite definition

☆ ex·ur·ban·ite (eks ʉr′bən īt′)

noun

a person living in an exurb; esp., one commuting to the city as a business or professional person

Etymology: coined (1955) by A. C. Spectorsky < ex- + (sub)urbanite

adjective

a characteristic of exurbia or exurbanites

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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