as in native
a usually longtime resident of a locality visitors to the Florida Keys soon learn that "conch" is a term for a localite as well as a mollusk

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Recent Examples of localite Our list of hard studying localites include, from Beachwood, Celia Edelstein and Dorian Miller. Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 26 Jan. 2018

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“Localite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/localite. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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