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▸ noun: (UK) A person who has moved from a town or city to a rural area. Especially, one who is perceived not to have adopted rural ways.
▸ noun: (UK) A person familiar with the town (urbanised centre of a city) and with going out on the town; a street-wise person.
▸ noun: (UK, derogatory) A chav.
▸ noun: (US) A working-class citizen in a metropolitan area.
▸ noun: (UK, Australia, New Zealand, informal) A person who lives in a city or town, or has an urban outlook.
▸ noun: A person from Charlestown, Massachusetts, (especially) a working-class person of Irish American heritage.
Similar:
towny,
gownie,
small-towner,
towner,
suburbanite,
urban dweller,
snob,
downtowner,
sophister,
hosteller,
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