metropolite

noun

me·​trop·​o·​lite

mə̇‧ˈträpəˈlīt,

meˈ-

plural -s

1

: metropolitan sense 1

2

: a resident of a metropolis

most metropolites feel at home only in their own block

—Frederic Morton

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin metropolita, metropolites, from Late Greek mētropolitēs, from mētropolis + -itēs -ite

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