See Also: suburban(dictionary)
suburban(dictionary)
suburban health(medicine)
suburban population(medicine)
Suburban Hospital(health)
West Suburban Hospital(health)
Suburban Medical Center(health)
Suburban General Hospital(health)
South Suburban Hospital(health)
West Suburban Bank(finance)

answerphone (iou) and suburban (iou)


answerphone (iou)



answerphone noun. Also (proprietary) Ansafone; ansaphone. M20.
[from ANSWER verb + PHONE noun2.]
= answering machine s.v. ANSWER verb.

suburban (iou)



suburban noun & adjective. ME.
[Latin suburbanus, formed as SUBURB: see -AN.]
A. noun.
In pl. Suburbs. rare. Only in ME.
A resident in a suburb or the suburbs. LME.
b. adjective.
Of or belonging to a suburb or the suburbs of a town; living, situated, or carried on in the suburbs. E17.
Having characteristics regarded as typical of residents or life in the suburbs of a city; esp. (derog.) provincial, narrow-minded, uncultured, naive. E19.
J. Trollope Elizabeth despised Ann's houseproudness as deeply suburban.
= SUBURBICARIAN. rare. M19.
? As noun in isolated use before M19.
suburbanism noun the characteristics of suburban life; a suburban peculiarity: L19.
suburbanite noun a resident in the suburbs L19.
subur'banity noun the condition of being suburban; a suburban feature: M19.
suburbani'zation noun the action of suburbanizing or the condition of being suburbanized; an instance of this: E20.
suburbanize verb trans. make (a district) suburban L19.
suburbanly adverb M19.