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suburban

[ suh-bur-buhn ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to, inhabiting, or being in a suburb or the suburbs of a city or town.
  2. characteristic of a suburb or suburbs.


noun

  1. a short overcoat for casual wear.

suburban

/ əˈɜːə /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, situated in, or inhabiting a suburb or the suburbs
  2. characteristic of or typifying a suburb or the suburbs
  3. pejorative.
    narrow or unadventurous in outlook
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. another word for suburbanite
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܲ·ܰb· noun
  • ԴDzȴܲ·ܰb adjective noun
  • i·ܲ·ܰb adjective
  • ܲȴܲ·ܰb adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of suburban1

First recorded in 1615–25; from Latin ܲܰԳܲ “located close to a city (especially to Rome),” equivalent to sub- + urb- (stem of urbs “city”) + -Գܲ adjective suffix; sub-, urban
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Armed with a stack of handmade business cards, I went door to door in our suburban Chicago cul-de-sac, pitching the neighbors: “Would you like fresh-baked cookies delivered to your doorstep every Saturday morning?”

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These are essentially coastline buildings, in suburban areas.

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In other races, such as a bid by Jon Ossoff in a suburban Atlanta district, the Democrat came up just short.

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A small plane flying from Iowa to Minnesota in the US crashed into a suburban home and caused it to catch on fire, officials said on Saturday.

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A variety of New Deal programs made it easier for some Americans to move out to suburban homes, even as they made it all but impossible for others to follow them there.

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